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ThrowawayR2 4 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Restoring a Sun SPARCstation IPX part 1: PSU and N...

Out of morbid curiosity, is there a recovery plan for when it inevitably experiences a hardware failure?

jamesfinlayson 4 months ago | [–]

I've been at two places with ancient physical hardware - in both cases there were people that just kept an eye on ebay and presumably payed whatever the asking price was for spare parts.

jeffrallen 4 months ago | [–]

Buy parts from RS and fix it, silly.

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