From owner-freebsd-sparc Tue Jan 20 16:53:43 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA23744 for sparc-outgoing; Tue, 20 Jan 1998 16:53:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from xmission.xmission.com (softweyr@xmission.xmission.com [198.60.22.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA23723 for ; Tue, 20 Jan 1998 16:53:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from softweyr@xmission.xmission.com) Received: (from softweyr@localhost) by xmission.xmission.com (8.8.7/8.7.5) id RAA13736; Tue, 20 Jan 1998 17:53:21 -0700 (MST) From: Wes Peters - Softweyr LLC Message-Id: <199801210053.RAA13736@xmission.xmission.com> Subject: Re: Ultra 5 workstation announcement To: rjr@the-reeds.com (Reginald J. Reed) Date: Tue, 20 Jan 1998 17:53:19 -0700 (MST) Cc: sparc@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: from "Reginald J. Reed" at Jan 20, 98 03:49:50 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL25] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > I agree with Greg's thought, if you want SCSI, add a SCSI controller. I > don't think Sun is positioning the Ultra 5 for I/O intensive applications. Yeah, NCR 875 boards are pretty cheap these days ($140). > Take the machine for what it is, a LOW COST workstation with potential. I > will probably end up buying a couple of these machines. If the > performance isn't up to snuff, then I'll stuff an Ultra-Wide SCSI > controller and disk in 'em (which will probably make them fly) all for > very little money. Exactly my thinking when I started this thread. For those looking into FreeBSD-SPARC, this would allow you to get a brand-new workstation which should run FreeBSD-SPARC (if we get the IDE controller in there) for about $3K; perhaps less if you are a Catalyst member. -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters Softweyr LLC http://www.xmission.com/~softweyr softweyr@xmission.com