9 Jun
2025
9 Jun
'25
9:27 p.m.
Hello Henry,
On Mon, 9 Jun 2025 15:57:56 -0400
Henry Bent <henry.r.bent(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Saying that does make me think - if you're not
quite as worried about
running as many OSes as possible and you like the form factor, you might
also consider an SS10 or 20. It will be a little larger investment but a
much higher powered machine, depending on how it's configured.
I would rather go for the more powerful system than the one that
supports the most OSes. So I'm currently leaning more towards the
SPARCstation 10 or 20. I'll give eBay and the like to a look to see what
I can find.
Al Kossow made a good point - all of these machines
are going to be slow by
modern standards. How slow are you willing to put up with? Do you want
something that was a representation of an average workstation at the time,
or do you want to go all out and build a four processor SunOS 4 monster?
I don't mind having a machine that is slow by modern standards. I would
like a system that is representative of the high-end at the time of its
release. I'm not looking to cobble together the most powerful Sun
workstation possible, a Frankenstein's monster of computer parts that
would be unheard of at the time.
Are you more interested in having fast interactive
performance, so you
invest in a higher end SBUS graphics card? Lots of options to consider.
When it
comes to graphics, the system should be able to comfortably run
a window manager and simple programs with GUIs. I'm not looking for
something that can do 3D or advanced graphics.
Thanks for the advice,
Vicente
vicente(a)collares.ca