18 Dec
2001
18 Dec
'01
3:57 p.m.
OK, Bill, you wanted a PCI-based RS/6000?
One of our clients is trading up to an H80, and IBM just lowballed them
on their trade-in. They're putting thei old server on the market. It
ain't a classic or even uncommon, but I thought some of you guys might
be interested.
S70A 4-way
4G RAM
SSA - just adapters, they're keeping the drawer.
8 ethernet adapters, IIRC. 2 10/100, 6 10bT, subject to my CRAFT
Syndrome
PCI graphics, I think GXT120.
They're looking at about a $10,000 price tag, and a March 1 release
date. This guy has been lovingly & lavishly maintained.
Anybody interested can contact me for detailed specs.
Doc
5:29 p.m.
On Tue, 18 Dec 2001, Zane H. Healy wrote:
I think it's a question of how much money the toy costs. I know I had one
system that cost $250,000.00 originally, I payed $75 for the remains of it
(all the cables were missing), and I only got it for the tapedrive. My
point is, we don't know what the S/390's cost, of course I don't think I
want to think about what they cost in terms of electricity and storage!
OTOH, if I could afford $10-40K I'd be very tempted to call Compaq up and
buy a DS20 or ES40 to run VMS on. In some ways I'm thankfull I don't,
because I don't think I'd want to have to explain why I wanted to spend that
much on a computer to my wife :^)
Zane
Nice system! We're using a few at work. Not
what I would call a hobbyist
system though.
Me neither, but I'd have never thought of S/390s as toys either....
Doc 
3:54 a.m.
S70A 4-way
4G RAM
SSA - just adapters, they're keeping the drawer.
8 ethernet adapters, IIRC. 2 10/100, 6 10bT, subject to my CRAFT
Syndrome
PCI graphics, I think GXT120.
Nice! Mildly out of my price range tho' :-)
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4:32 a.m.
On Wed, 19 Dec 2001, Cameron Kaiser wrote:
Yeah, but personally, I'd rather have one of the B50s they aren't
selling. That S70 is a power-hungry, noisy beast. And with Digi's
standard drivers for the 64-port DigiBoards, 540 serial terms total, it
was taking ~2 hours to boot.
Doc
S70A 4-way
4G RAM
SSA - just adapters, they're keeping the drawer.
8 ethernet adapters, IIRC. 2 10/100, 6 10bT, subject to my CRAFT
Syndrome
PCI graphics, I think GXT120.
Nice! Mildly out of my price range tho' :-) 
5:32 a.m.
On Wed, 19 Dec 2001, Doc wrote:
Yeah, but personally, I'd rather have one of the
B50s they aren't
selling.
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.
More on topic, I'm also on the lookout for an RT PC to go with this AIX 2
media kit I found recently.
ok
r.
6:16 a.m.
On Wed, 19 Dec 2001, r. 'bear' stricklin wrote:
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 $$$.
More on topic, I'm also on the lookout for an RT
PC to go with this AIX 2
media kit I found recently.
Um, yeah. If I find 2 you can have one. I saw 20 or 30 go through
Surplus the last year at UT. Be still, my thievin' heart.... I haven't
seen one available in several years.
Doc
6:38 a.m.
OK, sort of on this topic... I have an RS/6000 41T. This machine is a PPC
601 @ 80Mhz. Now, I know that IBM made a 43T that was, as far as I've been
able to determine, the same machine except that it had a 603 @ 160 (150?) Mhz.
Does anyone know if it's possible to upgrade my processor without doing
something like a whole system board swap? I know that 603s are pretty easy to
find, but I don't think that a whole 43T system board would be...
Doc said:
On Wed, 19 Dec 2001, r. 'bear' stricklin
wrote:
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I've been looking at the B50s reeeal close
myself lately. As recently as a
few weeks ago IBM was selling them direct for <$2500. It's awfully
tempting.
They're sweet units. The only real limitation compared to the 43P-150
is the number of expansion slots. Not a problem on a "private" unit.
They're a really good deal for the $$$.
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
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