Looks like my SS-20 may survive after-all, but if you really want to do this I think I have 3-4 SS-1 and SS-2 pizza boxes laying around, if I haven't already junked them. On Mon, 2003-10-13 at 09:59, Sam MacDonald wrote: > I'm not working at present but an SS20 case would be cool! :-) > > Could do a full conversion on it just for fun. I put a pentium system > in a dead IIsi once, drove several people a little crazy. Something > about calling Steve Job's, havening me strung up, and must be on satans > side... ;-) > > If anyone wants to get rid of an old sparq system that would be fun. > > Adam Maloney wrote: > > >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 > >>> > >>> > >>>_______________________________________________ > >>>TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > >>>http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org > >>>https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >>_______________________________________________ > >>TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > >>http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org > >>https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > >> > >> > >> > > > >Adam Maloney > >Systems Administrator > >Sihope Communications > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > >http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org > >https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list