Sparcstation 20 quad?

[D.]

Hi group,

I'm looking for a Sun Sparcstation 20, in a quad-CPU configuration
(higher-frequency Ross CPUs preferred), and a good amount of RAM. Would
someone have such a beast laying around by any chance?

Please answer to NG, I'll contact you as soon as possible.

Thanks a lot!
Regards,
D.

[Craig Dewick]

"D." <us...@server.net> writes:

>Hi group,

Dunno about a full system, but a guy called Mario used to be selling brand
new surplus high-speed single, dual and sometimes quad Hypersparc CPU
modules on Ebay. I guess the stock has all gone but I was still seeing his
listings up until the middle of 2007.

Craig.
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[Dave]

Craig Dewick wrote:

> Dunno about a full system, but a guy called Mario used to be selling brand
> new surplus high-speed single, dual and sometimes quad Hypersparc CPU
> modules on Ebay. I guess the stock has all gone but I was still seeing his
> listings up until the middle of 2007.
>
> Craig.

I would add I found an issue on old HyperSPARCs that is worth
considering. The things runs hot, but have some plastic screws holding
the heatsinks down to the CPUs. Over time those screws can become very
brittle and break. I found in most cases they don't actualy need to be
plastic, but work with metal ones. In the case where metal was likely to
short the PCB, I fitted a new plastic one. Better would have been
ceramic, but ceramic nuts and bolts are quite expensive.