Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2000 20:49:15 -0800 From: Evan Oulashin <eno@pdxconnect.com> To: freebsd-sparc@freebsd.org, ericw@bandwidth.net Subject: Sparc machines available Message-ID: <38E42E4B.E2D91EE8@pdxconnect.com>
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Being a long time FreeBSD supporter, user, including running an ISP with versions between 2.1 and 4.0, it occurs to me that perhaps some of you good souls might be interested in this: My employer currently has a large inventory of Axil 245 and Axil 320 machines that he'd like to part with for fair dollars. Axil is sadly no longer but their products were a first rate sparc-compatible item. The 245 is essentially equivalent of a Sparcstation 5, with either 85 or 110 mhz. processors available. No Enterprise machine by any stretch but still a 'real' Sun compatible machine. The 320 is a Sparcstation 20 clone. These typically run the 81 mhz Mbus dual cpu modules, and can run a pair of them. We still also have some Ross 100mhz modules available that run here as well. Most of the 320s are equipped with 48vdc power supplies but some 120vac units are still available, and it is said we can still obtain the 120vac power supplies. All the 245s are 120vac. Both are pizza box systems; the 245 accepts 72 pin simms in pairs while the 320 takes the 100 pin (?) larger (non-pc style) simms. We have memory available as well. If you sparc developers are interested in having one of these boxes at pretty reasonable dollars, please email me. If I see sufficient interest, I'll lobby with the boss for a decent cost figure and see if we can get some of this hardware to work getting our favorite O/S onto the Sparc architecture. For those of you interested in either of these, perhaps you could indicate to me in an email what you'd be thinking a box like this might be worth: 320: 1 81 mhz module, 64mb ram, floppy drive, 1 or 2 gig HD, (or you install your own 50 pin SCSI drive), TGX video card (has 13W3 connector, not actually essential as the 320 will talk through the serial port just fine). Submit suggestions to me; I'll take it up with the boss; I know he'd be interested in furthering the FreeBSD cause to Sparc. I trust this won't be considered spam; I've been a follower for quite a while and only recently a subscriber; my intent is certainly not to spam the list but to possible contribute a source of hardware. If I'm wrong here, I'm sure you'll all let me know... tx Evan Oulashin InterNet Technologies, Inc. 800-466-4156 http://www.bandwidth.net http://www.iti-dist.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-sparc" in the body of the message
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