eho@clarity.princeton.edu (Eric Ho) (03/18/90)
Does anyone out there know of any companies that buys and/or sell USED Suns and associated peripherals. The particular Suns that I'm interested are the 3/75's (diskless) and 3/180's. The peripherals that I'm interested in are the 380meg Fuji Eagles, Xylogics 451 controllers, 1/2-inch 1600bpi tape drives and 19-inch racks. I just wanted to know what are the current prices in the *used* Suns & peripherals market these days and the companies that buy/sell these things. Eric Ho Princeton University eho@clarity.princeton.edu
datri@uunet.uu.net (Anthony A. Datri) (03/19/90)
You really, Really, REALLY don't want 3/75's. They have quite a history of dying. I've heard it attributed to improperly cleaned/manufactured backplanes. The idea is that the residues corrode things.
dudek@ksr.com (Glen Dudek) (03/21/90)
In article <5872@brazos.Rice.edu> convex!datri@uunet.uu.net (Anthony A. Datri) writes: >X-Sun-Spots-Digest: Volume 9, Issue 82, message 16 > >You really, Really, REALLY don't want 3/75's. They have quite a history >of dying. I've heard it attributed to improperly cleaned/manufactured >backplanes. The idea is that the residues corrode things. I have been using Sun-3/75's for years, and the only 3/75-specific problem I've seen is that a power supply connector can fail (due to a flaw in the power supply design I believe) such that the machine is inoperable until the power supply is replaced. I am fairly certain the replacement power supplies do not have the same flaw. It is easy to tell when your Sun-3/75 has died for this reason: one of the molex connectors on the power supply becomes browned (toasted) fairly badly. Other than that, I have found the 3/75's to be at least as reliable as any other Sun model we have (3/50's, 3/140's, 3/110's, 3/60's, 4/60's 4/280's). Glen Dudek Not speaking for Kendall Square Research dudek@ksr.com