[rescue] Spotted at VCFSW today

[Andrew Jones]

The last time I was at a VCF event, the going price for an IPC was $5.

IPX with Weitek, or LX, went for a fair bit more, but nothing in *three* digits.  My goodness!



On Friday, May 29th, 2026 at 16:44, Lionel Peterson via rescue <rescue at sunhelp.org> wrote:

> I'll ask the 'presenter', they were away from the table at the time.
> 
> I chuckle seeing $150-200 prices on IPC/IPX/LX 'lunchboxes' - there's a bunch of interesting things here, including what I assume to be a Symbolics Lisp machine...
> 
> Ken
> 
> > On May 29, 2026, at 15:38, Mouse via rescue <rescue at sunhelp.org> wrote:
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> >>
> >> I never saw this sun 'thin client'? Before, anyone familiar with it?
> >
> > Me neither!  Cool!  Any idea of the details?  Processor architecture,
> > RAM, peripherals?  I can see a DE9M, one Ethernet, presumably-video,
> > and presumably-keyboard, but that leaves at least two connectors
> > unclear, possibly more.  A Sun model number or anything of the sort?
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