Re: nubie looking for external scsi cd drive for sparc10

peter wrote:
hi all

i was given a couple sparc 10's and a sparc 5 but no password and no cd drive so getting into the machine is impossible.

anyone have a spare drive to sell/barter/give?

thanks,
peter

If it is a SPARC 10, you might want to ask yourself if it is worth the hassle of actually getting a CD and using it. The machine is very old, it will not take the latest release of Solaris. It recally is not a good introduction to Suns. They might be more useful if you know about Suns and want a firewall or similar.

You can get on eBay an Ultra machine with CD for $50 or so. It might be worth taking that route.
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