On 24-Apr-2003 Patrick Finnegan wrote:
I found some new toys out at Purdue Surplus this
week...
2xIBM RS/6000 model 220 -- POWER single chip 33MHz
2xIBM RS/6000 model 250 -- PowerPC 601, 66MHz
The one I opened had both memory and a hard disk, and all but one of them
still had their keys.
These things are nice pizza-box sized things, I'm tempted to try and use
them as X-Terminals, since they do have framebuffers. Has anyone tried
this before?
If you have at least 64MB-RAM, a GXT150 Framebuffer and a fast HD
the 250 makes not only a good X-Terminal but a very useful and *quiet*
workstation. I use mine for Mail, News, Latex, programming and other stuff
that doesn't need much horsepower. (don't use Java ;-) )
The 220 is somewhat slower but should still be fast enough if you stick with
AIX 4.2.
bye
Thilo