[rescue] SS10SX Value

[silcreval]

Hi

People interested in Sun's aren't trying to run modern OS to be honest. It's the fun of using older systems and playing around with the hardware. New systems are available for when you need power ;-)

I think a SS10SX with 4 processors and a full RAM set with hard drive could sell for 300 GBP in the UK. I've seen a few recently with dual processors that sold very quickly. Its rare to see a 4 processor system and as I said before finding a full set of 64M DIMMS and the VRAM is not trivial.

The UK is different to the US of course - its a smaller market but the machines are harder to find.

Dont worry about frame buffer resolutions, 1152x900 is ok on older LCD screens, particularly HP monitors which used to cater for some very weird resolutions.

Just my 2c

Cheers

Ian



> On 16 Jun 2026, at 20:32, Lionel Peterson via rescue <rescue at sunhelp.org> wrote:
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> Ken
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>> On Jun 16, 2026, at 14:05, Mouse via rescue <rescue at sunhelp.org> wrote:
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>>> Why so low?  It is an impractical machine, is uses a lot of power for very l$
>> 
>> But at worst you'd need to run a release NetBSD no longer
>> officially supports.
> 
> Which brings you back to an older, unsupported (not current) OS...
> 
>> I don't think of 13W3-to-DE15 adapters as rare, but perhaps that's just
>> because I picked up a bunch back in the day (and they basically don't
>> break).  But a quick look makes me think Digikey still sells 13W3
>> connectors new, so soldering up your own may not be out of the
>> question.
> 
> I'm stepping out on a limb here, but weren't Suns running unusual/uncommon-if-still-standard resolutions that one may struggle matching to a modern non-CRT display? (1152x900 and 1280x1024 seem to be supported resolutions based on the CG14 documentation I found quickly [0])
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> I didn't say the adapters were rare, I said they were needed...
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> I notice folks are challenging my reasons, but no one has put forth an alternate valuation...
> 
> What do others think OPs system is worth?
> 
> Ken
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> [0] https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E19127-01/sparc10.ws/806-2222-10/806-2222-10.pdf
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