well... in fact price is "what is important" :)
 I just want to trash my home gateway (Intel MMX-200) to some nice SUN
workstation.
 Just for the fun of playing with some new architecture.

 It will just do things like PF (FW&NAT), NFSd, DHCPd, HTTPd, FTPd ...

 that's why I pointed out Ultra5 - to have better perf than my current
Intel but I don't want to spend too much money in it ;(

 so... according to the above description, should I still keep an eye on
U5 or to something else (low price is the most important thing ;) ?

thX for answers guys,
	Jo

PS: Matt, I'm having a look at the site... looks nice, thX !

On the last episode, Matt Prazak <prazak@scra.org> said to
port-sparc64@netbsd.org:

> Lubomir Sedlacik writes:
>  > hi,
>  > 
>  > On Wed, May 29, 2002 at 08:00:36PM +0200, ptiJo wrote:
>  > >	I'm planning to get an Ultra5 (or a bit more, depending on the
>  > >	price ;)
>  > >
>  > >	SUN doesn't seem to sell them anymore ...
>  > >	Is there any company that would sell them (in Europe) ?
>  > 
>  > if you'd like to have new low-end workstation (from the same
>  > category as Ultra 5) why not Blade 100?  it's successor of Ultra 5,
>  > has much faster CPU, uses standard PC133 dimms with EC, etc.  and
>  > yes, Sun currently sells them and it's notably cheaper than Ultra 5
>  > was :).
>  >
> 
> The CPU in the Blade 100 is relatively weak, and it is probably
> comparable to the higher-end Ultra 5s.  The main advantages to the
> Blade 100 are USB, 2GB maximum RAM, newer framebuffer options, and a
> smartcard reader.  Otherwise the Ultra 5 and Blade 100 are comparable
> with IDE disks and the typical desktop enclosure.  Used Ultra 5s are
> now less expensive than a new Blade 100, so budget and OS requirements
> would be the driving forces.
> 
>  > 
>  > the only reason to buy Ultra 5 for me would be if i want to run
>  > Solaris older than 8 for some reason.
>  > 
>  >  http://www.sun.fr/produits-solutions/materiels/stations/sunblade_100.html
>  > 
>  > hope this helps.
>  > 
>  > regards,
>  > 
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