[nylug-talk] equipment available

[Robert Menes]

On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 3:29 PM, Peter C. Norton <spacey-nylug at lenin.net>
wrote:

> 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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> Or just re-use this one.
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What's the exact address where we can get the equipment from? If there's an
ULTRA 10 left, my dad
wants it. He's itching to mess with a Sun Workstation again.

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