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- From: sue@netcom.com (Sue Miller)
- Newsgroups: fj.mail-lists.x-window
- Subject: Re: Special Promotion - SPARCclassics for HOME
- Message-ID: <1992Dec25.035905.533@sm.sony.co.jp>
- Date: 25 Dec 92 03:59:05 GMT
- Sender: onoe@sm.sony.co.jp (Atsushi Onoe)
- Distribution: fj
- Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest)
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- Approved: michael@sm.sony.co.jp
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- Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 22:39:16 GMT
- Message-Id: <1992Dec24.223916.13758@netcom.com>
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.wanted,comp.text.frame,comp.unix.solaris,comp.unix.sys5.r4,comp.unix.wizards,comp.windows.open-look,comp.windows.x
- References: <1992Dec12.230303.29943@aio.jsc.nasa.gov>, <1992Dec18.041006.20079@netcom.com>
- Sender: xpert-request@expo.lcs.mit.edu
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- In article <1992Dec18.041006.20079@netcom.com> mesm@netcom.com (Mary E. S. Morris) writes:
- >jpsb@gothamcity.jsc.nasa.gov (Jim Shirreffs) writes:
- >:
- >: What is a SPARCclassic? Hardware/Software? Does Sun make it?
- >:
- >: I checked in misc.forsale.computers.workstation.
- >:
- >: jim shirreffs
- >
- >This is a new system (bottom of the line). It is meant to compete
- >with the PC world. Sun is selling them for about 4300 for a system,
- >200M disk and 10xx by 768 res color monitor.
- >
- >Only runs Solaris OS.
- >
- >--
-
-
- I believe that is not quite correct. Sun will only sell and
- support Solaris 2.1 for the 'Classic. I don't believe that it
- will not run SunOS 4.x (Solaris 1.x). In any case I am a bit
- cheesed off by the fact that all the mags are touting the SPARClassic
- as a "fully-configured" system. It damn well isn't, if Solaris 2.x
- is the only thing that Sun will "allow" it to run.
-
- Ahhh, the wonders of telnet'ing to a generic account.
- You can't see whence I'm posting, and neither can my
- employer. :-)
-
- -sue
-