14 Mar
2013
14 Mar
'13
6:17 a.m.
On 03/14/2013 03:26 AM, mc68010 wrote:
I have had a few x/280 systems over the years but,
nothing so original
as this one. They are hard to find places to keep. I got rid of all of
mine too. Back in the 90's people would beg you to take them away. The
racks they wanted to keep. I once built a stack out of 12 slot cases
3x2 on the bottom and 3 units tall. 18 in all. There was once a picture
of me standing on top that has been lost to the ages.
I built *dozens* of such racks from early 1993 to late 1995, filled
with Sun 3/50 and 3/60 boards that were netbooted. This was a
progenitor of what we now call "blade systems". Of course Sun swore it
wouldn't work (nobody knows less about Sun computers than Sun...never
seen anything like it) and of course someone else took the credit, but
it's documented at least.
-Dave
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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA