[Gllug] OT: Swapping ThinkPad 560E for a Sparc 5

Formi formi at blueyonder.co.uk
Tue Jan 14 20:56:40 UTC 2003


 Hi Chris,


 I suppose I could make with luck about £150, the point is I would
 just prefer a straight swap, and I would be more than happy to
 do it with somebody on the list. Even if I don't get as much
 in the deal as if I try ebay...


Formi
FreeBSD 4.7 ThinkPad 570
Linux Registered User #235743

On Tue, 14 Jan 2003, Chris Wareham wrote:

> Formi wrote:
> >
> >  I'm looking for a Sparc 110Mhz,
> >  64Mb+ Ram, 1GB+ HD, NIC and a keyboard, no monitor required, and a serial cable.
> >
>
> You'd probably do better to stick your laptop on eBay, and at the same
> time take a look at the regular auctions of SparcStations. You can pick
> up a decent SS5, 10 or 20 for peanuts. The laptop would likely go for
> far more than a SparcStation ... By the way, the nippier 170Mhz
> SparcStation 5 pops up on eBay quite regularily as well, and I believe
> the problems with Linux support on it have finally been ironed out (the
> processor is subtly different to those in the slower models).
>
> Chris
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