That reminds me.

I have an SS-20 that died on me (SCSI controller on mainboard released
the magic blue smoke).  If anyone wants to salvage any of the parts for
a really good price, please let me know.  

I believe I had:

256MB RAM
(2) 90MHz Ross HyperSparc processors
(2) small (1 or 2GB) SCSI disks
(1) drivesled
(1) drivesled made of lego's, rubber bands, and a piece of paper*

And obviously, the SS20 pizza box, NVRAM, and dead board

*Piece of paper not included.  Lego(tm) drivesled also compatible with
the IBM PS/2 and DEC Avanti systems.  Lego is a registered trademark of
Lego Corporation, Denmark.  May void warranty.  Piece of paper may catch
fire.  WARNING: Use of Lego drive-sled may attract Lego-men, Lego-women,
and Lego-horses, which could result in a small but advanced Lego
civilization forming in your computer.  Safe and humane removal of Lego
villages is the customer's responsibility.

I also seem to be stockpiling SBus framebuffers.  I must have half a
dozen at least, and I've never bothered to purchase the Sun->VGA
adapter, so I've always just pulled them out of my boxes and threw them
into storage.

I really got the shaft on this thing.  I bought it at a really good
price a couple of years ago, and decided to double the ram and buy a
second processor for it.  About 3 months after the upgrade the board
died.  Rather than try and replace the board, I just moved to an Ultra
and left the SS20 in the closet.  If anyone wants to try and find an
SS-20 board, I'll part with the system as-is cheap.  Or if you know
where I can get a *really* good deal on the board myself, I may buy it
and resurrect the machine at home.

On Sun, 2003-10-12 at 16:05, Michael H. Jentges wrote:
> I likely have something in that range, but I think it cost me more like 
> $30 from eBay, and I can sell it to a customer for that (eventually) so 
> I can't see letting go for less.  Whether that makes me stupid or not, I 
> don't know but if you want to look at something like that just holler 
> and I'll pillage the piles. Perhaps you have something to trade? IIRC, 
> you had some stuff a while back?
> 
> I could REALLY use some sparc5 bits and pieces.   :)
> 
> Drivesled(s) & RAM. Not a whole heap, these are just 
> experimental/educational machines.
> 
> BTW, does anyone know if they need a video card physically installed to 
> run or does it blow by that because of the serial console thing?
> 
> Thanks...
> 
> -mj
> 
> Sam MacDonald wrote:
> 
> > Does anyone have a 10 - 20 gig (used) hard disk?
> > I'll can pay $20 for it.  I'm afraid the old SCSI disks in my machine 
> > are going to die.
> >
> > Sam
> >
> >
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Sihope Communications


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