[rescue] AlphaServer ES40 in Chicago- Anyone interested?

[alex at lava-net.com]

An AS1200 would be nice, though shipping would probably cost more then 
I make in a month of minimum wage on-campus job :-(
On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 
at 02:00:06PM -0500, Ian Finder wrote:
> If you want my old AlphaServer 1200, the moron I gave it to didn't
> like its quirkiness and decided he'd be better off learning on a PC,
> so I'm gonna give him my old PIII box, and you can have the 1200.
> 
> Dunno how you'd get it tho.
> 
> The old proliants are fun, albeit not obscure. That vax sounds worthwhile tho.
> 
> While I'm at it:
> 
> Worthwhile rescues I have to keep safe before moving:
> 
> SGI Origin 200
> SGI Onyx (Deskside, RE2)
> SGI Onyx (Deskside, IR, 8 video)
> SGI Onyx (Rack [terminator] with Sirius, RE2, Stone+Wire, Discreet Flame!)
> SGI Octane
> SGI Indy
> SGI O2
> Mac 128k
> Mac Plus
> NeXTcube (needs restorative work first)
> 
> Shit that has to go:
> HP 735 - 125
> HP 712 - 60
> DEC / CPQ ES40
> HP 68k box
> Sparc IPX
> Sparc LX
> SunFire V20z
> Google Search Appliance
> 
> So the questions are:
> A) Are my choices for the cooler / rarer stuff to keep correct?
> B) Will the remaining collection be any good despite its lack of diversity?
> C) Anyone want the old shit? Should I part stuff out? Shoot at it for fun?
> 
> And in advance, no, I don't have HIL keyboards or mice, nor sun. My
> mom threw out a box of 10 and 5 each, respectively, and left the box
> of PS/2 keyboards.
> 
> Any advice with pruning the collection would be appreciated.
> 
> Also I'm going to U Washington, and probably driving up there, so if
> anyone in the area wants something that could fit in the car, and can
> wait till August, I can move it.
> 
> -F
> 
> On 3/26/08, alex at lava-net.com <alex at lava-net.com> wrote:
> > In a similar situation here...I graduate in a year, so will end up
> > having to move my collection in around that time, so really can't get
> > any new aquisitions for the moment...(I really want to finally get a
> > larger alphaserver (1200 or 4100) though, since so far my only real
> > worthwhile rescue is a Microvax II unless you count a proliant 8500
> > with 8x CPUs and a 7 slot compaq external drive cabinet full of Segate
> > 4.3gb FH disks...sounds pretty impressive when it's all running
> > On Wed,
> > Mar 26, 2008 at 08:58:20AM -0500, Ian Finder wrote:
> > > So I'm going off to college pretty soon quite far from here. I made a
> > > deal with my parents so they'd store my favorite vintage gear
> > > (Basically 3 SGI onyxes), but some of my toys must go. I got rid of my
> > > AlphaServer 1200 to a friend who is trying to learn Linux, and I feel
> > > that was a waste, so I'm trying to find a better home for my ES40. It
> > > has 5 SCA drive trays (they look like the normal compaq sleds but
> > > they're full height 3.5" and a bitch to find), and 5 SCA drives, but I
> > > might keep the larger ones. It has 4x 500mhz CPUs, which pisses me off
> > > because I paid for a box with 800s, and 16gb RAM. It's heavy for a
> > > machine its size- a bit smaller than a deskside onyx but it weighs
> > > more.
> > >
> > > Anyone interested?
> > >
> > > - F
> > >
> > > --
> > >    Ian Finder
> > >    224.659.4204
> > >    ian.finder at gmail.com
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> 
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>    Ian Finder
>    224.659.4204
>    ian.finder at gmail.com
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