[nylug-talk] equipment available

[Peter C. Norton]

The best part of them is the openboot PROMs and the serial
console. Anyone who's only used PC unix will have a good learning
experience with these.

-Peter

On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 01:56:20PM -0400, Bob Kryger wrote:
> That is true, they are quite old. And I have wiped all the disks (DBAN 
> to the rescue) so there is no OS on them. You'll have to find whatever 
> is appropriate for you needs.
> 
> I just hate tossing systems, they could still be useful in some way, 
> right? I often redeploy old systems for various functions.  I guess that 
> is just the pack-rat in me.
> 
> Bob
> 
> Peter C. Norton wrote:
> > For the OS, you're way better off using nexenta and an x86
> > system. These are all slow as dogs, and the hardware is not
> > particularly supported anymore.
> >
> > -Peter
> >
> > On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 01:27:30PM -0400, Mark Halegua wrote:
> >   
> >> I'm interested in one as well.  I want to learn the system ins and outs, and 
> >> get a little experience with the OS.
> >>
> >> Mark
> >>
> >> On Friday 11 April 2008 11:40, Bob Kryger wrote:
> >>     
> >>> I am about to toss out a number of old Sun systems. Ultra5s Ultra 10s
> >>> Ultra2s and Blade 100s. Anybody interested? As is, come and get 'em.
> >>>
> >>> Bob
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