[rescue] Looking for SUN4U/SUN4V machines for a porting project

[Freya Fractal]

problem: we are blind, and on SSI. We have no money.

On 5/31/2025 06:12, Romain Dolbeau wrote:
> Le sam. 31 mai 2025 à 06:12, Freya Fractal via rescue
> <rescue at sunhelp.org> a écrit :
>> Like the subject line says. We're looking to see if anyone in
>> NZ/Australia has a SPARC (sun4u/sun4v) machine
> Good luck with your search. Beware that as you look for something
> better than a Blade 150, shipping is gonna be expensive - everything
> better is also bigger and heavier than a 150...
> Maybe try to be on the lookout for a cheap T1000? They are not fast,
> but they have plenty of cores/threads and if you can scrounge enough
> memory, they can be a pretty decent build machine. Assuming it can run
> whichever variant of Solaris you're interested in (probably, as they
> are newer than the 150).
> Faster than the T1000 but still 1U you have the T5120 and T5140, and I
> don't think there was a later 1U SPARC. Actually, a quick look at ebay
> suggests the T5120 might be easier to find and cheaper than the T1000
> - and they are better in every way (except noise, you don't want any
> of those anywhere near you).
>
> Cordially,
>