29 Jan
2012
29 Jan
'12
1:14 a.m.
It might not be THAT old, but it certainly is a cute little oddity. I'm
thinking that maybe HP used the Cobalt Qube for inspiration for the new
Proliant Microserver. Though... needs an LCD panel with buttons.
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29 Jan
29 Jan
12:51 p.m.
On 01/29/2012 04:14 AM, David Griffith wrote:
It might not be THAT old, but it certainly is a cute
little oddity. I'm
thinking that maybe HP used the Cobalt Qube for inspiration for the new
Proliant Microserver. Though... needs an LCD panel with buttons.
My company (several companies ago) beta-tested those. They really
are neat machines.
-Dave
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Dave McGuire
New Kensington, PA
2:43 p.m.
I wanted to add one to my collection, but for what they sold for about two
years ago, I decided against it.
I also remember reading somewhere that telnet-ing (or some other hacking)
into the qube voided the warranty... I could be off though.
On Sunday, January 29, 2012, Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com> wrote:
On 01/29/2012 04:14 AM, David Griffith wrote:
neat
machines.
It might not be THAT old, but it certainly is a cute little oddity. I'm
thinking that maybe HP used the Cobalt Qube for inspiration for the new
Proliant Microserver. Though... needs an LCD panel with buttons.
My company (several companies ago) beta-tested those. They really are
-Dave
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Dave McGuire
New Kensington, PA
30 Jan
30 Jan
6:58 a.m.
On 29 January 2012 22:43, joe lobocki <jlobocki at gmail.com> wrote:
I wanted to add one to my collection, but for what
they sold for about two
years ago, I decided against it.
I also remember reading somewhere that telnet-ing (or some other hacking)
into the qube voided the warranty... I could be off though.
This thread prompted me to do a quick search.
There's on on eBay UK for 99p at the moment. No PSU, though. It's
listed as spares/repair but actually he's just vacuous and has lost
the power cable.
I am tempted, but I have no earthly use for the damned thing...
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7:23 a.m.
On 30 Jan 2012, at 14:58, Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com> wrote:
This thread prompted me to do a quick search.
There's on on eBay UK for 99p at the moment. No PSU, though. It's
listed as spares/repair but actually he's just vacuous and has lost
the power cable.
I am tempted, but I have no earthly use for the damned thing...
Thanks for the heads up - I need some spares to fix mine!
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7:34 a.m.
On 30 Jan 2012, at 14:58, Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com> wrote:
This thread prompted me to do a quick search.
There's on on eBay UK for 99p at the moment. No PSU, though. It's
listed as spares/repair but actually he's just vacuous and has lost
the power cable.
I am tempted, but I have no earthly use for the damned thing...
Ah of course that's a Qube *3* (AMD) - mine's a Qube 2 (MIPS). Nevermind.
If you want an old, slow x86 server I suppose it's a good deal. I dunno if it uses the
same power cable as a Qube2, but I have several spare plug kits to fit a Qube2 if anyone
needs one.
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1 Feb
1 Feb
1:43 p.m.
On 30 January 2012 15:34, Mark Benson <md.benson at gmail.com> wrote:
On 30 Jan 2012, at 14:58, Liam Proven <lproven at
gmail.com> wrote:
Tempting... but I have several old low-spec x86 boxes knocking around
that I do not want or need any more and I need to get rid of. I don't
need any more, and I certainly have no use for a MIPS server.
I see there's a bid on it now, anyway.
It's here if anyone's curious:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/160722024952
Got *exactly* one day to go as I write...
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This thread prompted me to do a quick search.
There's on on eBay UK for 99p at the moment. No PSU, though. It's
listed as spares/repair but actually he's just vacuous and has lost
the power cable.
I am tempted, but I have no earthly use for the damned thing...
Ah of course that's a Qube *3* (AMD) - mine's a Qube 2 (MIPS). Nevermind.
If you want an old, slow x86 server I suppose it's a good deal. I dunno if it uses
the same power cable as a Qube2, but I have several spare plug kits to fit a Qube2 if
anyone needs one.
31 Jan
31 Jan
12:14 a.m.
On 01/29/2012 05:43 PM, joe lobocki wrote:
I wanted to add one to my collection, but for what
they sold for about two
years ago, I decided against it.
The MIPS-based Cobalt machines have a big following. I know probably
a dozen people who run NetBSD or Linux on them and use them for home
servers and network utility boxes. They're extremely power-efficient.
That's why their prices are high.
I also remember reading somewhere that telnet-ing (or
some other hacking)
into the qube voided the warranty... I could be off though.
I don't remember anything at all like that. I do recall, though,
that they went out of their way to get people to configure the machines
via their (admittedly kinda neat) front-panel LCD and buttons, rather
than properly editing the config files like a grownup.
-Dave
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New Kensington, PA
11:56 p.m.
Well, after some pacing and considering, I bit the bullet and bought a qube
2. So far, I managed to track down a site holding the ISOs for the restore
CDs, for now located at
http://data.blueonyx.biz/ftp.cobalt.com/iso/(though mark warns me that
these original software images are dated and
have holes) and I also managed to find the power connector, Kycon KPPX-3P,
mouser 806-KPPX-3P so I can build a proper power supply.
On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 2:14 AM, Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com> wrote:
On 01/29/2012 05:43 PM, joe lobocki wrote:
I wanted to add one to my collection, but for
what they sold for about two
years ago, I decided against it.
The MIPS-based Cobalt machines have a big following. I know probably a
dozen people who run NetBSD or Linux on them and use them for home servers
and network utility boxes. They're extremely power-efficient. That's why
their prices are high.
I also remember reading somewhere that telnet-ing (or some other hacking)
into the qube voided the warranty... I could be
off though.
I don't remember anything at all like that. I do recall, though, that
they went out of their way to get people to configure the machines via
their (admittedly kinda neat) front-panel LCD and buttons, rather than
properly editing the config files like a grownup.
-Dave
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Dave McGuire
New Kensington, PA
1 Feb
1 Feb
8:13 a.m.
On Feb 1, 2012, at 2:56 AM, joe lobocki <jlobocki at gmail.com> wrote:
Well, after some pacing and considering, I bit the
bullet and bought a qube
2. So far, I managed to track down a site holding the ISOs for the restore
CDs, for now located at
http://data.blueonyx.biz/ftp.cobalt.com/iso/(though mark warns me that
these original software images are dated and
have holes) and I also managed to find the power connector, Kycon KPPX-3P,
mouser 806-KPPX-3P so I can build a proper power supply.
Neat! I will put you in touch with a good friend of mine who has done (and continues to
do) tons of stuff with these machines.
-Dave
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