Re: Free UNIX for non-commerical use.

From: Dr. David Kirkby (drkirkby_at_ntlworld.com)
Date: 07/27/03 

Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2003 19:24:15 +0100

Volker Borchert wrote:

> Dual or Quad processor Sparc-10/20 systems are not _that_ uncommon.

I must disagree with that. It costs next to nothing to buy a dual
processor SPARC 20. I bought one with 320 Mb of RAM for £60 (~ $100) 6
months back. I doubt you could buy a dual processor used PC for £60.

I got a quad processor SS20 (4x125 MHz) from work for nothing.

I also have a quad processor U80 at home, which I admit is a bit
rarer, but now I could probably buy that U80 from eBay for the cost
of a reasonably decent PC.

More than 4 CPUs is quite unusual for a home computer. There will
always be the exception (someone here as mentioned he has 6 CPUs), but
I suspect (guessing) the number of home machines with more than 4 CPUs
is less than a few percent of those with 2 or 4 CPUs. 

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