[SunRescue] [offtopic - RS/6000 available]

[paul yaskowski]

  crap, that offer beats mine. ;>  i'm also trying to get my hands on a
variety of different systems, i love to learn about them.  if you need
someone to unload that ss2 on, i'm here. ;>

  and, if anyone has any old sgi hardware, i'd love to take it off your
hands.  think of me before you scrap anything! :P

* Reagen Ward (ward at zilla.nu) [08.12.99 12:28]:
> I'll drop off two IPXs and one 20" (ancient) Sun monitors, and pick it up.  I
> can't promise to use it for anything worthwhile, though.  I'm building a lab of
> as many flavors of systems as I can find, and I lack AIX.
> 
> I've also got a SS2/64MB with a bad NVRAM chip..
> 
> Reagen
> 
> On Thu, Aug 12, 1999 at 11:39:22AM -0400, paul yaskowski wrote:
> >   how heavy are those things?  i have no parts to trade for it, but if
> > shipping is feasible, i'd definitely be willing to pay $50 + shipping. 
> > i've never worked with aix before, and i'm intrigued.
> > 
> > * Bill Bradford (mrbill at frenzy.com) [08.12.99 11:14]:
> > > I've got a loaded (minus keyboard and mouse) fully working IBM RS/6000
> > > POWERstation 320H for sale / trade / whatever (basically I have no use
> > > for it).  32mb RAM (on a SD1.5 memory riser card), 3-card Advanced 8bit
> > > 3D Color Graphics framebuffer setup, 3Com ethernet card, SCSI card, 400mb
> > > HD, etc.  I've hooked it up to a monitor/keyboard/mouse set for one of 
> > > the 340s at work and it passes all diagnostics flawlessly.
> > > 
> > > I dont have the big plastic piece you screw on the bottom to make it a proper
> > > "Tower" configuration, but I do have both keys, AND the key "tab" with the code
> > > to make more keys if necessary.  System has AIX v3 loaded, I do not have
> > > the root password (looks like system was surplused from IBM Austin).
> > > 
> > > Make an offer; I'm looking to trade/swap for Sun or SGI parts, or some other
> > > "nifty" bit of hardware that will make it worth packing up and shipping out.
> > > 
> > > I'd like to see this go to someone who can get some use out of it, as I know
> > > the memory riser cards and RAM are *extremely* expensive.
> > > 
> > > Bill
> > > 
> > > -- 
> > > Bill Bradford * mrbill at sunhelp.org * http://www.sunhelp.org
> > > ------------------------------------------------------------
> > > >From a Sun Microsystems bug report (#4102680):
> > > "Workaround: don't pound on the mouse like a wild monkey."
> > > 
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"it always comes to this. if they really had a desire to live, they
would've been more aware of how easy it is to die, would've chosen
their actions more wisely. in these moments, you can tell they're not
regretting having hurt you. they regret doing it to your face." -- jthm