29 Sep
2001
29 Sep
'01
2:21 a.m.
On Fri, 28 Sep 2001, Carlos Murillo wrote:
1) Which OS' (besides some old version of AIX) run
on this
box? Or, if I am stuck with AIX, in addition to
praying that the HD is still alive, how could I
break in and change the root password?
Recent versions of AIX will run, with 64MB and a compatible (or
non-existent) framebuffer.
2) What exactly is this "ethernet riser
card"? Do I have
a network-less system?
There's probably an ethernet chip on the main board which just needs the
AUI/BNC logic on the riser card added to work. You should be able to get
a Microchannel enet card for cheap watching on ebay if you can't find the
riser.
3) Late last year, I posted a message to this list
about
some SIMMs that I grabbed off an AS400 system; they
look like 72pin SIMMs but have a slightly different
form factor and won't fit in a standard 72 pin socket.
The thing is, they seem to fit the sockets in this
system. And, that AS400 was equipped with exactly the
same model of HD that this RS6000 has. So I am
wondering if those 4MB SIMMS will fit this system,
which is filled with 2MB SIMMS...
The IBM sales manual might help, plug in the part numbers for your
machines:
http://www2.ibmlink.ibm.com/cgi-bin/master?xh=jN7O$Vn32jOgss0USenGnN9332&am…