[SunRescue] Cheap big iron

[Joshua D. Boyd]

It doesn't run a stock unix.  You would probably be screwed if it didn't
come already set up since Thinking Machines is long out of business.

--
Joshua Boyd

On Fri, 6 Apr 2001, Hatle, Steven J. wrote:

> Haven't had a chance to research- what kind of OS runs on this guy? I can
> imagine it's not a stock *nix :-)
> 
> Is this thing really free for the taking? I agree- this is the cooler
> looking box. It would look good as a _big_ brother to my NeXT Cube!
> 
> Steve
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Duksta [mailto:jduksta at genuity.com]
> Sent: Friday, April 06, 2001 11:45 AM
> To: rescue at sunhelp.org
> Subject: Re: [SunRescue] Cheap big iron
> 
> 
> 
> Yeah, I was thinking of borrowing a friends truck and
> heading over to pick it up. But, I just don't think I
> could convince the other folks in the condo assoc to
> let me take up half the basement with it. :)
> 
> Plus, what the heck would I do with it? I don't have
> a lot of weather/earthquake simulation work to do :)
> 
> Jon - While the CM-5 is cool because it has the 96 SS2's,
> I think I would actually prefer the CM-2 (or CM-1) as I
> see them as much more aesthetically pleasing with the
> Hypercube design. Come one, anyone can slap together a
> bunch of racks, but a 5ft x 5ft x 5ft cube with the cool
> curved storage array... Now that's sexy!
> 
> -john
> 
> At 12:26 PM 4/6/2001 -0400, you wrote:
> >Ah man.  Those babies are awesome.  Doesn't everyone need a machine with
> >2^16 CPUs?  The have 4096 blinking lights on the front to indicate the
> >activity of each CPU chip (each CPU chip has 16 CPUs built into it).  I've
> >always wanted one.  Wonder if a local univ. would accept it as a
> >donation...
> >
> >--
> >Joshua Boyd
> >
> >On Fri, 6 Apr 2001, John Duksta wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > Speaking of big iron... I heard tell of a Thinking Machines CM-2
> > > that was free for the taking from someone in the vicinity of MIT.
> > > Now that's a cool machine... lots o' blinkenlights.
> > >
> > > For those who aren't familiar with the CM-2:
> > > http://mission.base.com/tamiko/cm/cm-image.html
> > >
> > > -john
> > >
> > > At 05:09 PM 4/5/2001 -0400, Joshua D. Boyd wrote:
> > > >http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1226966126
> > > >
> > > >This machine is currently under 100 dollars for a 10 proc machine.
> Pick
> > > >up in VA.  Only problem is it requires a 30A 120V feed.  Darn it.
> 
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