Re: Sun 4/260

2016-03-13 Thread James Vess
I'm leery of picking up any boards until I have a unit because I don't want them just gathering dust at my place, however let me know the situation if it's a good idea to wait or not. I'm in Houston by the 610/290 split. On Sunday, March 13, 2016, Pete Lancashire wrote:

Re: Sun 4/260

2016-03-13 Thread James Vess
Haha! Thanks man! On Sunday, March 13, 2016, geneb wrote: > On Sat, 12 Mar 2016, James Vess wrote: > > I honestly am a bit surprised, as other dealings I've had with groups that >> focus on technology typically are not as welcoming or responsive. >> >> You caught us on a

Re: Sun 4/260

2016-03-13 Thread Pete Lancashire
Were are you located. I may still have the VME boards from the 260 that where saved from a 260 that had been scrapped -pete On Sat, Mar 12, 2016 at 12:56 AM, James Vess wrote: > Howdy there folks, > > I've been kicking myself for giving away a dying Sun4/260 due to

Re: Sun 4/260

2016-03-13 Thread geneb
On Sat, 12 Mar 2016, James Vess wrote: I honestly am a bit surprised, as other dealings I've had with groups that focus on technology typically are not as welcoming or responsive. You caught us on a good day. I'm sure you'll get yelled at next week. Welcome to the zoo. :) g. -- Proud

Re: Sun 4/260

2016-03-12 Thread James Vess
Thanks Mattis! I'm going to give him a follow. It's been hard to find these systems or even cards anymore on Ebay, it went from a few then fell to none. I usually filter international though, so I don't have any insight there. Part of why I really appreciate you providing that! Maybe the spring

Re: Sun 4/260

2016-03-12 Thread James Vess
I honestly am a bit surprised, as other dealings I've had with groups that focus on technology typically are not as welcoming or responsive. Thanks! It's a great start to my future w/ classiccmp ;) Al, I'm in Texas so I'm not too far away. Given the unit's size, I'd need to do local pickup (

Re: Sun 4/260

2016-03-12 Thread Mike Ross
On Sun, Mar 13, 2016 at 1:45 AM, Roland Schregle wrote: > Hi James, > > FWIW, I have slightly more recent Sun 4/330 (SparcServer 330) in my basement > in Germany looking for a new home. Not familiar with the 260 and how they > differ tho. Oh... that's one of the last

Re: Sun 4/260

2016-03-12 Thread Mattis Lind
2016-03-12 9:56 GMT+01:00 James Vess : > Howdy there folks, > > I've been kicking myself for giving away a dying Sun4/260 due to space > issues and moving about 15 years ago and since then my life has settled > I've started looking occasionally to see if I can find

Archeological dig, update Sun 4/260

2015-10-19 Thread jwsmobile
Word comes in that there is a number of "cartons" of Sun 4 and HP QIC tapes in the pile, which I'm hoping may be install media. Bad news is that it is QIC and in the place it is in. Good news is that it surfaced at all. I will see if Al or someone can image them if they are of interest. The