Hi all,
Let me tell you a little story. Many moons ago, while I was living away
from Bristol, a man appeared at a meeting of the Bristol and Bath Linux
User Group offering abundant gifts to all and sundry. Inside the boot
of his car lay a treasure trove of Sun computers, as I understand,
originating from the University of Bath. A number of these were taken
by a LUG regular, a hacker of great skill named John Honniball, who took
them in order to offer the gems to any who sought to learn the ways of
the SPARC and the arcane magic of Engineering Workstations The Right
Way. When I returned to Bristol I was honoured to be offered, and
accept, a SPARCclassic from John.
Some years later, after I had left Bristol and returned again, another
LUG regular, a Unix wizard from the University of Bristol's department
of physics named Winnie Lacesso, notified us that there were a number of
Sun workstations being disposed of by her department. (The same
department providing part of the computing grid for the LHC no less.) I
took the opportunity to visit the department and acquire a SPARCstation
4, along with two Sun monitors, from the learned folks.
Now, I live in Liverpool. I have tinkered and explored and learned. I
have gained a great deal from these gifts. However, I have moved on and
I feel it is right that instead of gathering dust, these gems should
again be offered to any who seek. So, in need of a good home are: