From owner-freebsd-sparc Sun Jan 18 22:16:00 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA29245 for sparc-outgoing; Sun, 18 Jan 1998 22:16:00 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from pooh.cdrom.com (pooh.cdrom.com [204.216.28.222]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id WAA29241 for ; Sun, 18 Jan 1998 22:15:57 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from murray@pooh.cdrom.com) Received: from localhost (murray@localhost) by pooh.cdrom.com (8.8.8/8.7.3) with SMTP id WAA20303; Sun, 18 Jan 1998 22:15:25 -0800 (PST) Date: Sun, 18 Jan 1998 22:15:24 -0800 (PST) From: Murray Stokely To: Wes Peters cc: sparc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Ultra 5 workstation announcement In-Reply-To: <34C2D187.7E3F3713@xmission.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sun, 18 Jan 1998, Wes Peters wrote: % I presume all of you on this list got the good news about the new Ultra 5 % workstation last week. If not, go visit www.sun.com and learn about their % new low-cost workstation. % % The "loss leader" configuration includes an UltraSPARC IIi processor, 64Mb % of SDRAM, a 4.3 Gb disk, graphics controller, 10/100 Mb ethernet, and 3 PCI % slots for $2995. This would probably be a good machine to run FreeBSD-SPARC % on. ;^) The 4500rpm IDE disk doesn't bother me as much as the measly 8bit graphics "On-board ATI Rage II+ DVD Graphics Controller Chip The Ultra 5 workstation comes with a standard, on-board 8-bit ATI Rage II+ DVD graphics controller with 2 MB of SGRAM video RAM. A highly integrated graphics controller, the ATI Rage II+ includes 2-D, 3-D, and video accelerators, palette DAC, and a dual-clock synthesizer to provide low-cost, 8-bit color graphics. A standard VGA connector (DB15) located on the back panel attaches to both Sun monitors and standard VGA monitors" http://www.sun.com/desktop/products/Ultra5/u5technologies.html Its definately a step in the right direction though! I wonder if we can expect cheaper clones in the coming months? Murray Stokely