9 Sep
1998
9 Sep
'98
7:11 a.m.
> I really don't know what to call a SMP PC,
though. Microsupercomputer?
These days, a mini. Look at one of Suns Ultra
Enterprise systems -
essentially as many UltraSPARC CPUs that you want to shove in one box.
So this PC, I'm curently working on, on my desktop with 4 CPUs
and Win 3.51, is a Mini ? Gosh - I always thought is was just an
ordinary PC for my dayly Tasks with Word & co.
:)
H.
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Ich denke, also bin ich, also gut
HRK
9 Sep
9 Sep
5:07 a.m.
On Wed, 9 Sep 1998, Hans Franke wrote:
A previous employer of mine bought a cool mini/PC several years ago: An
NCR 3000 series. Could handle something like 8 CPU cards with multiple
pentiums, had a UPS in the cabinet, 50 some hot-swappable SCSI bays, 512MB
of ram, multiple micro-channel buses and SCSI adapters, SVr4, etc.
On the back of the small-refrigerator sized box were a PC-style VGA and
keyboard connector! It would boot and run MS-DOS ;) hahaha.
-Wayne
These days, a
mini. Look at one of Suns Ultra Enterprise systems -
essentially as many UltraSPARC CPUs that you want to shove in one box.
So this PC, I'm curently working on, on my desktop with 4 CPUs
and Win 3.51, is a Mini ? Gosh - I always thought is was just an 
5:38 a.m.
A previous employer of mine bought a cool mini/PC several years ago: An
NCR 3000 series. Could handle something like 8 CPU cards with multiple
pentiums, had a UPS in the cabinet, 50 some hot-swappable SCSI bays, 512MB
of ram, multiple micro-channel buses and SCSI adapters, SVr4, etc.
We use them at work, here. The model that I have personally seen that most
resembles your description is the NCR 3555. We have those and bigger boxes
like the NCR 4380, which I think runs PPro boards, not just Pentia. NCR's
latest offerings are PCI, not Microchannel, at least. They do have some nice
quad-SCSI cards, fiber serial cards (AT&T Datakit) and more, but no sound
card. :-(
On the back of the small-refrigerator sized box were a
PC-style VGA and
keyboard connector! It would boot and run MS-DOS ;) hahaha.
-Wayne
I got such a kick out of that when I saw someone boot DOS to run a diagnostic
package that I commented on what a nice Quake server this $100K (new) server
would make. I got such a dirty look. ;-)
10:33 a.m.
New subject: Even better book source
Over the weekend, someone (Sam?) posted about the ABE book source on the
'net. I told a friend about it, and got this response:
Tell your friend to try:
www.mxbf.com MX BookFinders
This is a guy who wrote a search of ABE plus about a dozen other sites.
It searches them all at the same time, even takes a price range or first
edition request. He then forwards your request to the company and you're
on your way. I've got a used book coming from Australia.
-Wayne
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