22 Jul
2007
22 Jul
'07
5:47 p.m.
I rescued some 1990 vintage RS/6000 7012 & 7013 boxes which I don't
know much about yet. It appears that AIX v3 is what originally would
have been installed on these. Anyone got a spare set of AIX 3.2
installation media that I could use to get an OS loaded on these
again, or know where I would have any luck finding this?
A quick check of eBay turns up some V5 installation media for sale,
but that would most likely choke on these old boxes and I don't see
anyone currently listing old AIX versions.
-Glen
22 Jul
22 Jul
11:54 p.m.
Glen Slick wrote:
I rescued some 1990 vintage RS/6000 7012 & 7013
boxes which I don't
know much about yet. It appears that AIX v3 is what originally would
have been installed on these. Anyone got a spare set of AIX 3.2
installation media that I could use to get an OS loaded on these
again, or know where I would have any luck finding this?
A quick check of eBay turns up some V5 installation media for sale,
but that would most likely choke on these old boxes and I don't see
anyone currently listing old AIX versions.
Depending on which model 7012 or 7013, it might actually be fast enough
to run AIX 5.1. Also, there are very few machines not powerful enough
to run AIX 4. AIX 4 is a bit slow on the 320E/320/320H/330 or
520/520H/530/530H (or even a 920 or 930/930H), but those machines are
painfully slow in general, and not that common anymore. I used to run a
320H on my desk for a number of years, and I can tell you that you
quickly get used to stepping away from your desk for coffee whenever you
tell it to start up Mosaic.
I would probably not hesitate to run AIX 4 on a 7012-340 or better. AIX
5.1 will run reasonably well on a 370 or better. The main difference is
that it uses more RAM.
Peace... Sridhar
23 Jul
23 Jul
12:18 a.m.
On 7/22/07, Sridhar Ayengar <ploopster at gmail.com> wrote:
Glen Slick wrote:
Depending on which model 7012 or 7013, it might actually be fast enough
to run AIX 5.1. Also, there are very few machines not powerful enough
to run AIX 4. AIX 4 is a bit slow on the 320E/320/320H/330 or
520/520H/530/530H (or even a 920 or 930/930H), but those machines are
painfully slow in general, and not that common anymore. I used to run a
320H on my desk for a number of years, and I can tell you that you
quickly get used to stepping away from your desk for coffee whenever you
tell it to start up Mosaic.
I would probably not hesitate to run AIX 4 on a 7012-340 or better. AIX
5.1 will run reasonably well on a 370 or better. The main difference is
that it uses more RAM.
Peace... Sridhar
I have a mix, 320, 320H, 520. I believe these are only 20 or 25MHz
CPUs. Most so far only have 32MB. One has 64MB. I have a couple more
to check. A couple have SGI IrisVision cards. Were those last
supported in AIX 3? Only the 64MB one has some remnants of AIX 4 on
its hard drives, the other have partially functional AIX 3.
The point isn't so much to run the latest and greatest AIX as much as
it is to run these as they might have originally run, and probably not
too often anyway.
-Glen
1:02 a.m.
Glen Slick wrote:
I have a mix, 320, 320H, 520. I believe these are
only 20 or 25MHz
The 320 and 520 are 20MHz, and the 320H is 25MHz. None of them have L2
cache. A good rule of thumb is that they are roughly as fast as a
PowerPC 601 of twice the clock speed. (They're actually slightly slower
than that, but not noticeably so.)
CPUs. Most so far only have 32MB. One has 64MB. I
have a couple more
to check. A couple have SGI IrisVision cards. Were those last
supported in AIX 3? Only the 64MB one has some remnants of AIX 4 on
its hard drives, the other have partially functional AIX 3.
I don't remember clearly, but it may never have been supported by the
default install. You might have needed to install drivers for it.
I've only ever used the IrisVision MCA cards with PS/2s.
Peace... Sridhar
6:25 p.m.
Hi,
I rescued some 1990 vintage RS/6000 7012 & 7013
boxes which
I don't know much about yet. It appears that AIX v3 is what
originally would have been installed on these....
I've got a copy of AIX "v3.1.0" for RS/6000 lying around, though it's on
an
8mm data cart rather than a CD, if it's any use to you (along with a "test
tape" and a couple of used backup tapes)?
There's also a binder containing some manuals for the 7013 series if you
need them; not that they're all *that* useful, but one at least makes
interesting reading.
I had a 7013 that I had to scrap recently....never even had the chance to
strip the memory and drives out of it. :-(
TTFN - Pete.
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