Re: Sun Ultra 45 Workstation

[Eduardo Horvath <eeh%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

On Sat, 4 Oct 2014, Nick P. wrote:

> Hey guys, someone nearby me is selling a Sun Ultra 45 Workstation
> (sparc64?) for around 500 $ with: - Sun Ultra 45 worksation. - 2*
> Ultrasparc IIIi 1.6GHz, 1Mb cache. - 16gb RAM (8*2gb) - XVR-2500 graphics. -
> 2 discs SAS Hitachi de 600Gb/15krpm. - Solaris 10 Sparc
> 
> http://www.spectra.com/pdfs/ultra45.pdf
> 
> IS IT WORTH IT?

They seem to be going for about $1500 on ebay.

Keep in mind you're buying a 10 year old design that didn't have 
particularly fast CPUs even when it was new.  Although, I admit I really 
do miss those Sun keyboards.

Eduardo