A Beginner question -where to start?

[Dave Uhring]

On Sat, 28 Jun 2003 09:19:52 +0100, redjupiter wrote:

> Hi
>
> I want to buy an second-hand Solaris Machine - which one do you
> recommend? Ultra 1, Ultra 5/10/30 or 60?

System descriptions can be found here:

[url]http://sunsolve.sun.com/handbook_pub/Systems/[/url]

[Mark]

On Sat, 28 Jun 2003 15:02:39 GMT, Mark <mark_767@yahoo.dontmailme>
wrote:

>On Sat, 28 Jun 2003 09:19:52 +0100, redjupiter
><redjupiter@ntlworld.com> wrote:
>

>>Hi
>>
>>I want to buy an second-hand Solaris Machine - which one do you
>>recommend? Ultra 1, Ultra 5/10/30 or 60?
>>
>>I just want to learn Unix proper and do some programming for myself and
>>web surfing - It will be my main machine. It should be able to run the
>>latest Solaris. Want to learn about 64-bit and it will good it has two
>>CPUs. Of course must b affordable for a student.
>>
>>Thanks for your help.

>
>
>I am also a noob in sparc world.. I started with a Sparc classic but
>have moved up to an Ultra Creator 2 with dual 300's , 256mb RAM and 2X
>9.1 drives.
>I Run Solaris 9 and Oracle 9 on this box, I would not reccommend this
>for a production envoironment but it is a great room heater and test
>machine that can be had on Ebay for less than $500 complete

Oh.. i forgot Solaris runs in 64bit on this (after fashing in my case)