[rescue] IBM PC RT

[Dave McGuire]

  Zero tolerance policy..

-- 
Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA



On August 15, 2016 9:41:14 PM John Hudak <jjhudak at gmail.com> wrote:

> thank you!  just got to get the machine now....spousal unit will flip
> out...but...such is life...lol
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 15, 2016 at 6:19 PM, Cory Smelosky <b4 at gewt.net> wrote:
>
>> I have AOS resources and additional RT stuff stashed if you need it.
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> > On Aug 15, 2016, at 14:34, John Hudak <jjhudak at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > For free?  <wild thrashing and banging of head>
>> > I used a 6150 with AOS and then later the RS6000 for some hw arch
>> research
>> > work....I really liked the 6000...the hw arch enhancements were unmatch
>> for
>> > their time...Would like to find one of them somewhere....
>> >
>> > Oh well.  My docs and OS disks are long gone...I just have a stack of
>> some
>> > IBM research reports...
>> >
>> > Sorry I can't be more helpful
>> >
>> > J
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >> On Mon, Aug 15, 2016 at 5:07 PM, Bill Bradford <mrbill at mrbill.net>
>> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> On Thu, Jul 28, 2016 at 10:56:27PM -0500, Bill Braskey wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> I have what appears to be a complete IBM PC RT (Model 6150)
>> >>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_6150_RT>, minus an OS and
>> monitor.  It
>> >>> even has the external SCSI tape drive & 5.25" floppy drive.  I rescued
>> it
>> >>> several years ago in a random check of Craigslist while on a 1500-mile
>> >>> driving trip, near the bizarre town of Centralia, PA
>> >>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centralia,_Pennsylvania>.  It has been
>> in
>> >>> storage since I got it.
>> >>>
>> >>> Apparently this thing was designed for AIX 2, but I wonder if a later
>> >>> version of AIX will run on it.  The guy who gave it to me said it ran
>> Pick
>> >>> OS when he used it, but he lost the media.  I did get all the glorious
>> old
>> >>> IBM 3-ring manuals in the slipcases, though!
>> >>>
>> >>> Anyone here have any experience with this rare dinosaur?
>> >>>
>> >>
>> >> One of my biggest regrets was giving away THREE fully loaded RT systems
>> >> (each
>> >> with TWO monitors) when I had to move in '98.  All three had AIX loaded.
>> >>
>> >> Picked them up (for free) from a company in Austin that needed to clear
>> out
>> >> some basement storage; they were an IBM/AIX shop and had bought the RTs
>> >> when
>> >> new.
>> >>
>> >> Bill
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Bill Bradford
>> >> Houston, Texas USA
>> >>
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