10 Dec
2001
10 Dec
'01
11:11 a.m.
Hi everybody,
I have -- in various stages of repair -- three MIPS RISComputers. The model
is M/120. I'm in need of an operating system (and maybe even software :)
that will run on these. They were given to me without hard drives. Any
ideas?
Also, can anyone tell me what's the normal amount of RAM for these to have?
One of them has two or three (don't remember) RAM boards, and one has five.
The third has no RAM, and I wonder whether I could divide the boards between
them and still have something reasonable.
Regards,
Chris
Christopher Smith, Perl Developer
Amdocs - Champaign, IL
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10 Dec
10 Dec
11:59 a.m.
On 10-Dec-2001 Christopher Smith wrote:
Hi everybody,
I have -- in various stages of repair -- three MIPS RISComputers. The
model is M/120. I'm in need of an operating system (and maybe even
software :) that will run on these.
RISC/os is what you want. It's a
derivative of BSD, iirc.
They were given to me without hard drives. Any ideas?
Any SCSI-1 drive should work. 50 pin headers.
One of them has two or three (don't remember) RAM
boards, and one has
five. The third has no RAM, and I wonder whether I could divide the
boards between them and still have something reasonable.
The boards are 8 mb each.
IMHO, with the noise these things make, put all the RAM boards you can
(max 6) into one of them, and use it. Others serving as spare parts.
-Philip
11 Dec
11 Dec
3:38 a.m.
I think I have a couple QIC tapes with something (maybe risc/os?) on them for
this like of machines. if you (or someone else?) are interesed, let me know
and I'll look for them...
gwynp(a)artware.qc.ca said:
On 10-Dec-2001 Christopher Smith wrote:
- Dan Wright
(dtwright(a)uiuc.edu)
(http://www.uiuc.edu/~dtwright)
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Hi everybody,
I have -- in various stages of repair -- three MIPS RISComputers. The
model is M/120. I'm in need of an operating system (and maybe even
software :) that will run on these.
RISC/os is what you want. It's a
derivative of BSD, iirc.
They were given to me without hard drives. Any
ideas?
Any SCSI-1 drive should work. 50 pin headers.
One of them has two or three (don't remember)
RAM boards, and one has
five. The third has no RAM, and I wonder whether I could divide the
boards between them and still have something reasonable.
The boards are 8 mb each.
IMHO, with the noise these things make, put all the RAM boards you can
(max 6) into one of them, and use it. Others serving as spare parts.
-Philip
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