Hello NetBSD fellows,

And hello specifically Thomas and Aaron.  You're both likely more
knowledgeable of the Sun hardware than myself, but I have seen a couple
S-BUS cards the past month at FreeGeek which have both a wide SCSI
connector and RJ-45 connector on the back.  Is this what you're asking
about?

As for shipping, FreeGeek does not normally ship.  They're understaffed
for it.  However, I'm willing to do some extra work to get Sun systems and
parts to new owners.  If you're willing to pay shipping costs, I'll
package and send an item to you within reason.

Certainly a couple S-BUS cards or smaller similar items are within my
ability to package and ship without too much trouble.

Tomorrow evening I should have a complete list of the 25 or 30 some Sun
systems presently housed at FreeGeek.  So far all but two have posted.
But first I need to contact those who first e-mailed me with interest in
these computers.

There's actually 6 or 8 more that have recently come in and I haven't yet
tested, but I'd like to get the bulk posted and moving for space' sake.
After or as I get most of the systems to new owners, I'll try to test some
of the spare parts like S-BUS cards (not too many of these), external SCSI
drives and Sun mice.

I'm hoping someone on the NetBSD list will want the older Sparc IPX
model work stations, and Sparc Classics.

More news to come in the next couple days.  Thanks for your patience,


- Ted
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On Wed, 8 Feb 2006, Aaron J. Grier wrote:

> On Sat, Feb 04, 2006 at 12:28:54PM -0700, Thomas Carlson wrote:
> > Looks like an interesting place.  They don't ship items, however.  I'm
> > in Arizona and will have to check them [freegeek.org] out when I'm
> > next in Portland.
>
> Ted Havelka <ted@cs.pdx.edu> volunteers for freegeek and has offered to
> send parts to people on the sparc list.  he would know if freegeek even
> has any scsi ethernet adapters.
>
> --
>   Aaron J. Grier | "Not your ordinary poofy goof." | agrier@poofygoof.com
>               "silly brewer, saaz are for pils!"  --  virt
>