<div dir="ltr"><div>Mmmm... A Sun IPX, if you can find it, a Weitek SPARC Power UP & SunOS 4.1.1 <br></div><div><br></div><div>THAT was fun. <br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Nov 21, 2024 at 1:10 PM Todd Vernon via rescue <<a href="mailto:rescue@sunhelp.org">rescue@sunhelp.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div dir="ltr">
Personally I would go with an IPX. It’s smaller and more demonstrative of how far computers have come while still being something recognizable for someone who uses Linux.</div><div dir="ltr">-t</div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:medium;margin-top:0px"><div style="margin-top:0px;font-weight:bold"><div style="margin-top:0px"><div style="margin-top:0px"><div style="margin-top:0px"><font style="font-size:14px">Todd Vernon</font></div><div style="font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px"><font style="font-size:13px">Entrepreneur | Investor</font></div><div style="font-weight:400;font-size:13px;margin-top:0px;color:rgb(80,0,80)">Email: <a href="mailto:todd@toddvernon.com" target="_blank">todd@toddvernon.com</a></div><div style="font-weight:400;font-size:13px;margin-top:0px;color:rgb(80,0,80)">LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/toddvernon/" target="_blank">toddvernon</a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Nov 21, 2024 at 10:37:20 AM, Christopher Purdy via rescue <<a href="mailto:rescue@sunhelp.org" target="_blank">rescue@sunhelp.org</a>> wrote:<br></div>
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<div dir="ltr"><div>After a long hiatus, looking to get an older Sun to show the kids for our homeschool computer class.. Leaning toward the Ultra 5, but not sure. Planning on an older Solaris 7 or 8 install - possibly a BSD flavor down the road.</div><div><br></div><div>Pro's and Cons of each?</div><div><br></div><div>I've read about the anemic cache on the Blade... but wasn't sure about the actual performance differences.. Mainly just planning to set up a web server so they can get a feel for networking and such.. It would be nice to have some sort of viable web browser for simpler pages and to get software so I can show them installation and compiling, etc..</div><div><br></div><div>Main reason for selecting these two is the 'bay has them relatively cheaply - but any of the higher end workstations are 2-10X more expensive.. the days of cheap SUN goodies are gone it appears.</div><div><br></div><div>On that note - if anyone has some decent SUN kit in the Detroit / Flint area let me know, I'd prefer not pay shipping on these beasts. In a perfect world - an Ultra 30/60 with working SCSI drives would be perfect... </div><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Christopher Purdy<div>-----------------------------------------------------------------------------<br><div><br><div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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