Date: Sun, 18 Jan 1998 22:15:24 -0800 (PST) From: Murray Stokely <murray@cdrom.com> To: Wes Peters <softweyr@xmission.com> Cc: sparc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Ultra 5 workstation announcement Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980118220822.19782B-100000@pooh.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: <34C2D187.7E3F3713@xmission.com>
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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
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