[aclug-L] Re: Sun Box

[Jonathan Hall <jonhall@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

My SPARC (a 33Mhz SPARCclassic) uses True Parity RAM... meaning that the RAM
will also work in many PCs, but is very expensive.  As for a monitor, your
best bet is to find a used Sun monitor--check Command Computer Surplus, NCR,
Trailing Edge, eBay, etc.  Adaptors to use a PC monitor with a Sun monitor
run about $80 or more at the places I've seen online.  You can probably get
a used Sun monitor for less than $30 (I sold a couple 19" greyscale Sun
monitors for about $20/each a few months ago).

Your SPARC probably has built-in SCSI, meaning any SCSI devices should work
with it.




On Thu, Dec 09, 1999 at 05:35:43PM +0000, Bob_Deep wrote:
> Curtis Hawthorne wrote:
> > 
> > My dad went to an auction the other day and came home with two computers - 
> > a 486 and a Sun Sparc Station 2.
> > 
> 
> Nice!
> 
> > The Sun box doesn't have a monitor however, and I have no experiance at all 
> > with Sun products.  Here are my questions:
> > 
> > What kind of hardware does a SparcStation2 have and what is it comparable 
> > to in the "Intel World"?
> 
> It's SPARC hardware, and it runs sun Solaris or Linux.  *Some* of the
> hardware may be usable, but the main parts are NOT compatiable with the
> "Intel World" for the most part.
> 
> > Is it worth buying all of the adapters and stuff I would need to make it 
> > run?
> 
> Depends upon what's actually in the box and if it's all in working
> order.  Not having a monitor is not that big a deal (You can buy non SUN
> displays that will likely work), but the cables and such are going to
> set you back some bucks..
> 
> > If not, would I be able to use any of the hardware from it (like hard 
> > drives, memory, etc.)
> 
> Hard drives will likely be usable if you have a SCSI controller.  Memory
> I don't know about, but I doubt it's something that will easily transfer
> to most current PC like machines.
> 
> This is an *older* box and the performance is going to be a little
> better than say a low end Pentium, so it may not be worth much effort
> getting it working unless you want to play with Solaris or something... 
> I'd either sell it outright to someone who wants it or take the peices
> out you can use and junk the rest.  You are NOT going to run Windows on
> it in any case...
> 
> 
> -- 
>       -=  Bob =-
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