[rescue] IBM on ebay

[Andrew Weiss]

I'm getting a 390 for free tomorrow.

Andrew

On Wednesday, May 15, 2002, at 08:55 PM, Brian Hechinger wrote:

> On Wed, May 15, 2002 at 06:03:17PM -0700, James Lockwood wrote:
>>
>> Like hell.  That 66MHz turns in 10.4 specFP95 (that's roughly 
>> comparable
>> to a 175MHz mips R10000, a 200MHz UltraSparc or a 350MHz Pentium II).  
>> Int
>> perf is lower but it's still no slouch.
>
> the POWER CPUs are insane.  god i love them. :)
>
>> Old?  4.3.3 will fly on that box.  The 590 is still a system to be
>> reckoned with.
>
> hell yeah, my 591 screams.  i love that machine, can't wait to get it 
> booted
> again now that i have a FDDI board for it!
>
>> The biggest downside is that the case is big, bulky and heavy.  Other 
>> than
>> that it's a nice system.
>
> but big and bulky means lots of space for internal disks, as well as a 
> LOT of
> MCA slots.  very very nice.
>
> -brian
> --
> "when it absolutely has to be there oh, sometime in the next few weeks"
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