[ale] Upgrade the sparc or buy a PC?

[Jeff Hubbs]

I am no Sun worshiper, but I would think that the problem you're going
to run into with the Sparc 10 is that you are only going to be able to
improve it just so far for ANY amount of money.  The Sun does seem like
it has some use as-is, within limits.  A second CPU may not help you
much, depending on what you're trying to do with it.  Same with a faster
CPU (what if mem or disk I/O bottlenecks are your real problem?).  If
you migrate the 20" (cool!) monitor to an x86 box, you'll render the Sun
useless.  As is, it can at least be an X-term to both your existing
machine and a new x86 box.

In other words, off to CompUSA with you!

- Jeff


Armsby John-G16665 wrote:
> 
> I am in a quandary because I can't compare sparc technology with a pc.  I have a sparc 10, 20" monitor, 128 meg ram, 8 gig of disk space, low end TMS390 processor (Linux says 50 megahertz, serial number says 36 megahertz).  It is too slow.
> 
> I can try for an ebay solution with a 70-80 megahertz processor, OR dual processors maybe 50's for about $120.  I can junk the box, buy a 300+ megahertz intel machine, add a fixed frequency video card to run the sun monitor, and maybe spend $300-400.  I can get an Emachine cheapie or equivalent, and throw in the video card for maybe $500.  I don't need a high end machine.  My current 400 megahertz intel Red Hat box (now dominated by family) works great.  I need something similar.
> 
> What will I get if I try to upgrade the RED HAT sparc?  Am I going to be disappointed no matter what? Is the sparc a waste of money?
> 
> John
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