Hi all,


I'm trying to gauge the interest in this weird piece of hardware: it's a Sun
386i tower server. It is supposed to be working but it does not have a
framebuffer card.

What do you people think is it worth? I picked it up to save it from the
great recicler in the sky, but now I am having second thoughts. It is,
surely, a rare piece of hardware, but it's also heavy as hell (in fact, it's
so heavy I still haven't decided to bring it upstairs into my apartement
(it's in the cellar at the moment) to try it out) and it lacks the
framebuffer. Should I just throw it away?


cheers


mario

* mario wrote:

> What do you people think is it worth? I picked it up to save it from the
> great recicler in the sky, but now I am having second thoughts. It is,
> surely, a rare piece of hardware, but it's also heavy as hell (in fact, it's
> so heavy I still haven't decided to bring it upstairs into my apartement
> (it's in the cellar at the moment) to try it out) and it lacks the
> framebuffer. Should I just throw it away?

Unless you are interested in weird old HW, yes.

mario wrote:

>Hi all,
>
>
>I'm trying to gauge the interest in this weird piece of hardware: it's a Sun
>386i tower server. It is supposed to be working but it does not have a
>framebuffer card.
>
>What do you people think is it worth? I picked it up to save it from the
>great recicler in the sky, but now I am having second thoughts. It is,
>surely, a rare piece of hardware, but it's also heavy as hell (in fact, it's
>so heavy I still haven't decided to bring it upstairs into my apartement
>(it's in the cellar at the moment) to try it out) and it lacks the
>framebuffer. Should I just throw it away?
>
>
>cheers
>
>
>mario
>
>
>
>
I don't think even the Smithsonian would take it!!!!!! 386 processors
were about four or maybe even five lifetimes ago in computer years!!
It might still be used as a boat anchor, a doorstop, or to fill a pothole!

"Richard B. Gilbert" <rgilbert88@comcast.net> writes:
>mario wrote:
>
>>Hi all,
>>
>>
>>I'm trying to gauge the interest in this weird piece of hardware: it's a Sun
>>386i tower server. It is supposed to be working but it does not have a
>>framebuffer card.
>>
>>What do you people think is it worth? I picked it up to save it from the
>>great recicler in the sky, but now I am having second thoughts. It is,
>>surely, a rare piece of hardware, but it's also heavy as hell (in fact, it's
>>so heavy I still haven't decided to bring it upstairs into my apartement
>>(it's in the cellar at the moment) to try it out) and it lacks the
>>framebuffer. Should I just throw it away?
>>
>>
>>cheers
>>
>>
>>mario
>>
>>
>>
>>
>I don't think even the Smithsonian would take it!!!!!! 386 processors
>were about four or maybe even five lifetimes ago in computer years!!
>It might still be used as a boat anchor, a doorstop, or to fill a pothole!

Offer it to the digibarn.

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