How much Ram is in this Model.
Thanks
Ben
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>
>From: Christopher Sawtell
>Sent: 10/6/2002 12:03:43 AM
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: Sparcstations
>
>On Sat, 05 Oct 2002 10:22, you wrote:
> On Saturday 05 October 2002 02:46 am, Peter Elliott wrote:
> > On Fri, 04 Oct 2002 11:21:07 +1200
> >
> > Wesley Parish wrote:
> > > I went in today to Molten Media and was told by one of the staff
>
>[ ... ]
>
> None taken. I was quoted figures in that range being quoted in ebay when I
> first raised this matter on this list.
>
> Then there's the rarity of the hardware - Sparcstations are nowhere near as
> common as Wintel PCs, so I feel that does justify a somewhat higher price.
>
>Actually no, In PC saturated Christchurch they are so rare that hardly anybody
>knows anything about them. Solaris Unix - What's that? been replaced by NT
>and Linux hasn't it?
>
> You are free of course to negotiate it down. In fact I'd expect you to do
> so.
>
>As you have just discoverd they really have no commercial value whatsoever,
>particularly as there is no operating system. They are so old that you can
>kiss any notion of a maintenance contract goodbye. So in a commercial
>situation they honestly don't have any value at all. Molten Media had an
>early model SparcStation with a rather nice big screen a while ago and it
>ended up out on the pavement with a sign which said "Please Take Me Home" or
>words to that effect.
>
>The SparcStation Is are really of no value at all and should be dismantled &
>recycled. The later models might have a value literally a few dollars above
>the intrinsic scrap value, but not by much.
>
>I would give or find a few of the later models good homes, but that's all I
>can honestly offer.
>
>Ferrymead Museum might be interested in one as a gift.
>
>--
>Sincerely etc.,
>Christopher Sawtell
>
>Does anyone know what version of the sparcstation is it is it the 170mhz one or the earliear models.
>
>Thaanks
>|Ben
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