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From: pjg@acsu.buffalo.edu (Paul Graham)
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Subject: Re: SPARCstation under $5,000 ?
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rmk@snowhit.att.com writes:

[ekrell mentions the little sparc (4/xx)]
|> a SPARC machine that lists for under $5,000.
|> . . . no drives, so I take it it won't have a SCSI bus

|Our Sun account manager has leaked to me that this machine is diskless,
|but does have a SCSI connector.  He described it as having the motherboard
|of the 4/60 inside the monitor's case.

Hmmm, a tight fit I'd think.

|It will be interesting to see what it's capabilities are.

One assumes you mean intriguing versus novel.  Sun had a sales meeting
last Wed-Thur in New Jersey for our region (upstate New York).  We didn't
get much new information but we did get a quotation.  What I find most
interesting is hearing about the shops that already have a truckload of
the new stuff.  It definitely leads me to believe that 99% of leaks aren't
leaks.