Unix on old-ish machines - advice sought

[Ethan Dicks]

On Apr 7, 2005 8:53 PM, Scott Stevens <chenmel at earthlink.net> wrote:
> And IPXs are almost free these days.  IPCs are not only 'free', they use
> give-away memory (30 pin 1, 4, or 16 MB simms).

Agreed, but if one has a source of 32MB (not 16MB) parity 72-pin SIMMs
(36-bits), a pair of them goes nicely in a SPARCclassic or LX, along
with 4 16MB 36-bit 72-pin SIMMs to load up the box to the max 96MB, a
respectable amount if one is not running X.

IPXs, IPCs, SPARC1s, etc., all suffer from one weakness... dead or
dying NVRAM batteries.  There are answers in the Sun NVRAM FAQ, but
one does have to be aware of the issue before the machine comes up
inert (FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF MAC address) one day.

-ethan