On Thu, 14 Feb 2002 Richard.Sandwell(a)roebry.co.uk wrote:
Hey, Doc - off list to save everyone's bandwidth... What do you think to an
RS/6000 E30? I'm going to have a look at one tomorrow for not_much_money. I
have 2 questions - is it MCA or PCI?
And is the memory proprietary - or just standardish stuff?
I've never run or used one, so I don't have a first-hand opinion.
IIRC, all the 604 machines are PCI, and I'm sure the 7024s are.
If it says "RS/6000", you can bet big odds on proprietary memory.
Again, I don't know that first-hand, but I'd bet big odds.... Kingston
is a good reference for that. IBM still has the User Guide and the
Install & Service Guide up for that machine too.
http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/eserver/pseries/library/hardware_docs/sa38/380…
http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/eserver/pseries/library/hardware_docs/sa38/380…
Mind the line wraps.
I've heard they're nice mid-range boxes. I know they're very rarely
seen on the loose, which says a lot.
Doc