6 Apr
2001
6 Apr
'01
5:32 p.m.
Just got home with a nice load. Saved it all from the dumpster.
VAX 11/750
RA81 - TU80
VAXstation 4000 VLC
(2) VAXstation 2000
(2) old Compaq luggables
(2) storage works box's
(2) Control Data Cyber 910's
various DEC/Apple keyboards monitors etc..
box's DEC cables
more
All for $120
Any good sites for the CDC box's. I guess they are repackaged SGI?
Brian.
7 Apr
7 Apr
2:13 a.m.
Just got home with a nice load. Saved it all from the dumpster.
VAX 11/750
RA81 - TU80
VAXstation 4000 VLC
(2) VAXstation 2000
(2) old Compaq luggables
(2) storage works box's
(2) Control Data Cyber 910's
various DEC/Apple keyboards monitors etc..
box's DEC cables
more
All for $120
Any good sites for the CDC box's. I guess they are repackaged SGI?
I have a CDC Cyber 910 running happily here beside me. Its
a re-labeled SGI Indigo R3K workstation. As far as I can tell
only the labels on the case are different. The standard SGI
sites have lots of information on these workstations. Very
solid, mine survived airline handling on the trip from Edmonton
to Hong Kong. They run IRIX (the SGI version of Unix) up to
version 5.3.
--
Dr. Mark Green mark(a)cs.ualberta.ca
McCalla Professor (780) 492-4584
Department of Computing Science (780) 492-1071 (FAX)
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2H1, Canada
8:44 a.m.
Mark,
Indeed, changing the search to SGI turned up some good sites. I
haven't been able to fire these up yet though as the keyboards are
missing. A quick call to the place I got them and they were located and
are being saved. Still have to scare up a monitor though.
Brian.
Mark Green wrote:
I have a CDC Cyber 910 running happily here beside me. Its
a re-labeled SGI Indigo R3K workstation. As far as I can tell
only the labels on the case are different. The standard SGI
sites have lots of information on these workstations. Very
solid, mine survived airline handling on the trip from Edmonton
to Hong Kong. They run IRIX (the SGI version of Unix) up to
version 5.3.
--
Dr. Mark Green mark(a)cs.ualberta.ca
McCalla Professor (780) 492-4584
Department of Computing Science (780) 492-1071 (FAX)
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2H1, Canada
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8 Apr
8 Apr
7:12 a.m.
Mark,
Indeed, changing the search to SGI turned up some good sites. I
haven't been able to fire these up yet though as the keyboards are
missing. A quick call to the place I got them and they were located and
are being saved. Still have to scare up a monitor though.
THe keyboards are non-standard, so its a good thing you found them.
The cables for the keyboard are PC keyboard cables, except they
need males connectors on both ends. They won't boot without
a keyboard, stop part way through the initial hardware check in
the boot prom. You can use a VGA monitor with them. If you
have to low end graphics board there is a VGA connector on it,
otherwise you need a cable with 13w3 and VGA connectors.
Brian.
Mark Green wrote:
--
Dr. Mark Green mark(a)cs.ualberta.ca
McCalla Professor (780) 492-4584
Department of Computing Science (780) 492-1071 (FAX)
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2H1, Canada
I have a CDC Cyber 910 running happily here beside me. Its
a re-labeled SGI Indigo R3K workstation. As far as I can tell
only the labels on the case are different. The standard SGI
sites have lots of information on these workstations. Very
solid, mine survived airline handling on the trip from Edmonton
to Hong Kong. They run IRIX (the SGI version of Unix) up to
version 5.3.
--
Dr. Mark Green mark(a)cs.ualberta.ca
McCalla Professor (780) 492-4584
Department of Computing Science (780) 492-1071 (FAX)
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2H1, Canada
--
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12:02 p.m.
On Sun, 8 Apr 2001, Mark Green wrote:
THe keyboards are non-standard, so its a good thing
you found them.
What does a "standard" keyboard look like? The closest thing I could think
of would be an "ASCII keyboard", whatever that actually means. My WYSE
terminal is supposed to have one.
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