Re: used Ultra 1 buying advice needed In article <Pine.SOL.4.58.0311251634500.507@zaphod.rite-group.com>,
Rich Teer <rich.teer@rite-group.com> wrote:
>On Tue, 25 Nov 2003, Tim wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> Im interested in buying a UNIX machine to play around with. I am
>> getting a used Sun Ultra 1 (128 MB ram/ 2 GB hdd/3d creator graphics/
>> 17" monitor) for around $150 .
....
>> 3. Any important questions that i should ask the owner before i decide
>> to buy it?
>
>Does it work? :-) Does the price include a Solaris media kit?
Does the CPU have a fan or large heat sink? The ones with fans
were so prone to failures they were replaced free by Sun for a while.
What is the CPU speed? 170Mhz? 200Mhz? Is the SCSI bus Fast & Wide?
Rob |