[wplug] sparc 10's and Linux for Sparc

Rick McKinney rtmckinney at home.com
Tue May 8 19:21:01 EDT 2001


At 07:19 PM 5/8/2001 -0400, you wrote:

that is a interesting little article ..  I havent been keeping up with /.
that much lately ... too damn busy ...

so I guess maybe they wouldnt be very good as linux boxes ...

guess I might just have to recycle them into paper weights ...

-- rick


>Is this in response to this article on /.? :)
>
>
>Is Linux Losing Its SPARC?
>http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/07/2354259&mode=nested
>
>-james
>
>
>On Tue, 8 May 2001, Rick McKinney wrote:
>
> > LUG People,
> >
> > dont know if this is the correct place for this or not ... ( so dont flame
> > me too much )
> >
> > but it is time for me to recycle a couple old sparc 10's ...
> >
> > I have been told that these 2 machines would be nice little Linux Boxes
> > if you didnt want Solaris on them ...
> >
> > 1st:  ( running Solaris 8 )
> > Sparc 10
> > Boot Prom 2.25
> > 128 Meg Ram
> > CGSIX Graphics
> > (2) Ross,RT625 clock 100 MHz
> > (1) <SUN2.1G cyl 2733 alt 2 hd 19 sec 80>
> > (1) <SUN1.05 cyl 2036 alt 2 hd 14 sec 72>
> > (1) <SUN1.05 cyl 2036 alt 2 hd 14 sec 72>
> >
> >
> > 2nd: ( Running Solaris 2.6)
> > Sparc 10
> > Boot Prom 2.25
> > 64 Meg Ram
> > CGTHREE Graphics
> > (2)  TI,TMS390Z55 clock 60 MHz
> > (1) <SEAGATE-SX15150N-7106 cyl 3696 alt 2 hd 21 sec 108>
> >
> > I also have 2 Monitors one is a Fixed Frequency 16" Sun Monitor the 
> other is
> > a 20" GDM20D11 ( Beige SGI Branded ) Sony Monitor
> >
> > If interested contact me via private e-mail at rtmckinney at home dot com
> >
> > -- rick
> >
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