17 Feb
2002
17 Feb
'02
3:58 p.m.
Mmmm... 10GB RAID... That must have been huge bucks back in the mid 90's
when that was a hot machine. Your best bet is to find another 500 for sale
somewheres, I got a half-stripped 520 for $30 from a University property
disposition. Usually parts for old computer hardware cost much more than
buying the whole computer used from a private party or wholesaler.
And remember, just cause it came with Novell doesn't mean you have a
license to use it. A prudent collector would wipe it and throw Linux on it.
(IANAL Asside: Not that that stopped me from playing with the 500-user site
licensed Novell 4.01 box I got before I wiped it, an insanely souped-up 486
Dell server :)
----- Original Message -----
From: "PC Automation" <pcautomation(a)mindspring.com>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Monday, February 18, 2002 12:23 AM
Subject: IBM Server 500
I purchased an IBM Server 500 series computer
yesterday at a yard sale for
only $10.. It's a pentium 90 with 64 RAM, CDROM, 2.88 Floppy drive, and (5
ea. ) 2.25 Gig Wide SCSI-2 hard drive in it. It's a very big case that
holds
a total of 12 SCSI drives, and a mix of other things.
When I got it home I power it up and it booted up up nicely with a Novel
3.12 OS (100) user licence. I was thrilled until the power supply made a
pop
and , a small Cap must have blown. and now it has no
power.. I would have
loved to use this as a home server, but I really don't have the knowledge
to
repair the PS and I really see no real value in this
machine other than
it's
5 SCSI-2 Wide Hard Drives.. Any Ideas from the experts
here.. ??
Phil..