On Sep 29, 2004, at 11:18 AM, Andy Ball wrote:
>   GE> ...I just have to laugh reading all these "I've got an
>     > SS2" or "I've got an IPX" postings, given that bare-
>     > bones SS20's (with CPU and 64 MB RAM) are going for US
>     > $19.00 "Buy It Now" prices on eBay ... c'mon, splurge
>     > a little folks ;)
>
> If a SPARCstation 1 is in good health and fast enough for
> the task assigned, why waste time and money replacing it?

The only "task assigned" that a SPARCstation 1 is fast enough for
is testing the acceleration of gravity from the top of a building.
Let's get serious here ...

> As these things start to age it might make sense to think about
> a successor, but I'm not in the habit of replacing something
> just because "It's Old Technology!" and therefore somehow
> "unfashionable".  Besides, in my experience newer does not
> automatically mean better.

Replacing an SS1 or an SS2 or an IPX with an SS20 for $100 or
less is still using "unfashionable old technology", and it's
most definitely "better".

I re-assert that NetBSD port-SPARC runners are masochists  :-)

	- Greg