rachel polanskis
2004-07-14 01:19:59 UTC
Hi,
I am in Australia but I urgently need a replacement UPA graphics card
for a Sun Ultra 1.
The problem is, my partner has an Ultra 1 that seems to have a card fault,
but his supervisor won't replace it - instead they want to use it as an
excuse to move him onto Windows 2000. This is not what we want to do,
since he's a UNIX head and he'd be better off with an an etchasketch than
the Gates Virus and probably more productive, too.
So, we have decided to self-fund a replacement card for his Ultra, in order
to stop the silliness of him moving to W2K.
Can anyone please help me?
The system is your basic Ultra 1/170 with the generic Creator 2D UPA format
card slot. It's been running fine for the past 5 years without a single
maintenance call until a day ago.
We were going to buy a complete Ultra 1 from Melbourne but the guy won't
ship it to Sydney nor part out any cards. Sun, of course want to charge a
fortune for a card they can only get themselves from a reseller now.
If anyone has a spare UPA card suitable for the U1/170, or similar,
can they please let me know? We are happy to pay a few dollars for it
or I can swap something else or whatever.
Please help a couple of Sun fans stop the Windows invasion (as much as we can).
Thanks....
rachel
I am in Australia but I urgently need a replacement UPA graphics card
for a Sun Ultra 1.
The problem is, my partner has an Ultra 1 that seems to have a card fault,
but his supervisor won't replace it - instead they want to use it as an
excuse to move him onto Windows 2000. This is not what we want to do,
since he's a UNIX head and he'd be better off with an an etchasketch than
the Gates Virus and probably more productive, too.
So, we have decided to self-fund a replacement card for his Ultra, in order
to stop the silliness of him moving to W2K.
Can anyone please help me?
The system is your basic Ultra 1/170 with the generic Creator 2D UPA format
card slot. It's been running fine for the past 5 years without a single
maintenance call until a day ago.
We were going to buy a complete Ultra 1 from Melbourne but the guy won't
ship it to Sydney nor part out any cards. Sun, of course want to charge a
fortune for a card they can only get themselves from a reseller now.
If anyone has a spare UPA card suitable for the U1/170, or similar,
can they please let me know? We are happy to pay a few dollars for it
or I can swap something else or whatever.
Please help a couple of Sun fans stop the Windows invasion (as much as we can).
Thanks....
rachel