Solaris 10 project

[Douglas Kittle]

Hello All,

I recently obtained a Sun Ultra5/10 workstation for about $90 from ebay. This machine
came with a 270mhz (slow) and 364mb memory, with a 30gb hd. During the next few weeks I will
install Solaris 10, upgrade the cpu, memory and HD to make a very useful 64 bit machine.

-Doug

[Douglas Kittle]

Hello,

I found a 440 mhz cpu,$32 on ebay - installed but would not work due to the boot prom
(3.15v2) limiting me to 400mhz. Luckily the seller agreed to trade back and the 400mhz
is on its way.

-Doug

[Douglas Kittle]

Then on Friday,

I happened upon a sparc 10 for $20 if i would pick it up!

It is now up and running with

solaris 10
440Mhz cpu
1Gb ram
80Gb hd

and a free motherboard with the newer bios (for the other sparc) that will run the 440 cpu.

very good deal...

[Douglas Kittle]

It appears that Oracle has purchased Sun - That could change the
whole open source solaris world soon... I will post some rumors
as they come in.

[Douglas Kittle]

Just installed a 3D creator video card, should improve performance and
video quality
$15 was about 300 a few years ago.

[Rich Simms]

It is amazing what can be put together these days for a fraction of the original costs. This also will make a GREAT Howto! - Rich

[Douglas Kittle]

I will send some installation notes - but not till classes are over... still,
the solaris project was a good experience and well worth the investment.