19 Dec
2001
19 Dec
'01
11:38 a.m.
OK, sort of on this topic... I have an RS/6000 41T. This machine is a PPC
601 @ 80Mhz. Now, I know that IBM made a 43T that was, as far as I've been
able to determine, the same machine except that it had a 603 @ 160 (150?) Mhz.
Does anyone know if it's possible to upgrade my processor without doing
something like a whole system board swap? I know that 603s are pretty easy to
find, but I don't think that a whole 43T system board would be...
Doc said:
On Wed, 19 Dec 2001, r. 'bear' stricklin
wrote:
- Dan Wright
(dtwright(a)uiuc.edu)
(http://www.uiuc.edu/~dtwright)
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``Weave a circle round him thrice, / And close your eyes with holy dread,
For he on honeydew hath fed, / and drunk the milk of Paradise.''
Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Kubla Khan
I've been looking at the B50s reeeal close
myself lately. As recently as a
few weeks ago IBM was selling them direct for <$2500. It's awfully
tempting.
They're sweet units. The only real limitation compared to the 43P-150
is the number of expansion slots. Not a problem on a "private" unit.
They're a really good deal for the $$$.
More on topic, I'm also on the lookout for an
RT PC to go with this AIX 2
media kit I found recently.
Um, yeah. If I find 2 you can have one. I saw 20 or 30 go through
Surplus the last year at UT. Be still, my thievin' heart.... I haven't
seen one available in several years.
Doc