[rescue] AIX for Apple network server

[David Rouse]

On Wednesday, November 14, 2001, at 05:06  PM, roosmcd at dds.nl wrote:

>  How hard is it to get the special AIX version which runs on the Apple 
> network
> server? I've just seen one today and was thinking about buying it :). 
> Any other
> special things to look for?
>

Although AIX has some spiffiness, there is also a version of Yellow Dog 
Linux that runs on the things -- that might be a better option for 
maintainability's sake.

>  And what's a reasonable price for 500/133? They were asking $500, 
> seems high
> to me, but I guess that's largely because they have no idea what it 
> actually
> is. I could probably get it much cheaper.
>

It sounds absurd. Spares are almost impossible to find and the drive 
mounts, PS, and CPU daughter cards are, I think, unique to it.

Now, they are still neat machines ... I just don't think I could pay 
$500 for one (particularly the low end model).

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drouse