[SunRescue] Sighting, a breeding pair of SparCServer 1000e's

[Garten, David N., CTR, OSD/P&R]

Chris Byrne thoughtfully said:

> I was having a meeting in an unoccupied office at work today, when the
> property management people brought in four very interesting beigeish
boxes,
> two SparcServer 1000e's ....

** Caveats -
	-Keep 'em cool.  They'll get spooked if they get hot and dump core.
Closets are not suitable enclosures.
	-Use SS1000E CPUs.  It doesn't like the SS20/SS10 SM61s.  Boots and
runs great, but it'll hang after a couple days.
	-Keep the zero motherboard in the zero slot.  Behavior gets
confusing if you play musical slots with 'em.
	-Don't lift one alone (ask me how I know).

** Other items of interest to purists -
	-Don't expect a CG6 to impress you sittin' on top of a bunch of
SM81s - it won't.  Get those furniture movers to go back and get you a
SS20SX MP for a console.  None of the Ultra stuff.  Class is class...
	-The internal SCSI bus is actually just the one on the zero
motherboard.  The controller card only passes it over the XDBus. From front
panel CDROM to HD50 on the back is just one long (narrow :\) SCSI bus.  The
remaining three (possible) HD50s are distinct busses with no relationship to
the front panel
	-Wear ear protection and a windbreaker if you have to sit with it.
If you don't have to, don't.
	-Hide the key (after you put it in 'lock').  Varmints come in
several two legged varieties that can't resist 'em.
	-If you got documents, hide them.  Guys like me steal them at the
earliest opportunity (unless sated by previous photocopies).  I'll show you
mine if you show me yours (my SS2000 owners manual, you preevert...).
	-They cost so much new, mortal men never got to touch 'em.  So, they
should be stroked regularly for good luck.  Yours and the server's
	-They are way cool.  Kind of like sittin' up front in a 747 or up on
the NCC1701D bridge.  Engage...   8P
	
V/R

DG

Dave Garten
dgarten at nova.org
dgarten at totalimage.org
Washington, DC