[geeks] ALR Revolution 6X6

[Chad A. Chance]

I had a quad-proc ALR server for awhile and it was more of a PITA than
anything else, it had constant problems, I eventually yanked the CPUs and
RAM and chunked the rest.

Trying to hack one of these togethor out of parts would be quite a project
and probably not worth it. The power connections in these are not standard,
plus getting a case that this would go in would be a problem. You could also
kiss that $50 electric bill goodbye.

If you really HAVE to have one of these, get the full machine in one shot
like this one, hacking it togethor would just be too hard.

my $0.02,
Chad

-----Original Message-----
From: geeks-admin at sunhelp.org [mailto:geeks-admin at sunhelp.org]On Behalf
Of Tugrul Galatali
Sent: Friday, May 18, 2001 10:40 PM
To: geeks at sunhelp.org
Subject: [geeks] ALR Revolution 6X6


	http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1238633333

	I knew these things existed, but I've never actually seen one, or had
considered the fact that enough time passed to get one relatively cheap. I
have no _real_ use for it but such an irrational need to own it :) Something
about it even more alluring than a SS1000, perhaps because 6 Intel CPUs
really
shouldn't be in one box :) That and this thing looks like it can whup a
SS1000s ass. *ducks*

	At first I had seen the motherboard for 50$, which seems to be the
cheapest component if I wanted to build one. (The Tri-CPU card is 70ish, and
the tiny keyboard adapter was 20ish :) Think it would be a worthwhile
project
to slowly hack one together?

	My worse fear is not the initial cost but the electric bill... my
father kept a tight reign on things with the bill _rarely_ exceeding 30$...
after he passed away I don't think we've come close to 50$ yet. Moving my
always on box from a P200 to a U2 doesn't seem to have hurt much :)

	Tugrul Galatali


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