[rescue] AlphaServer ES40 in Chicago- Anyone interested?

[Ian Finder]

Hey robert, I won't be in new mexico any time soon that I know of, but
thanks for the offer.
I might have to divert a planned cross country road trip through there
though, your collection sounds amazing. Either way, if there's ever a
point at which you have to get rid of the stuff, please let me know,
maybe I can get a U-Haul or something... These machines are so
elegant, I kind of feel like it's my responsibility to preserve and
maintain them-- the first Onyx rack I got was going to be dumped in a
Chicago alley!

I've heard of Blue Mountain, they sound like a blast to have worked
for. Those 4D twin towers must've been so cool, especially at the time
they came out. I'd love to get one but for space reasons I probably
have to settle for a Personal Iris as my first 4D era SGI until I can
rent a shack or something for my gear.

I was wondering though-- as much as I hate to see people part out
complete equipment, could I possibly purchase that quad R10K board off
of you, and maybe some Onyx drive sleds/misc repair parts? And do you
know where I can find a Personal Iris? I'm not opposed to shelling out
for ridiculous shipping, and paying for the stuff itself-- I have a
vintage SGI fund I've been saving.

Also, if you want to keep the machine in a state where it'd be
somewhat complete when you got rid of it, I'd even mail you back my
old boards.

Thanks,

-- Ian

P.S. If I find come August that there's room in my dorm for any of
this stuff, I might have to rent a U-Haul anyways, so time will
tell...




On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 3:58 PM, Robert Darlington
<rdarlington at gmail.com> wrote:
> But I have a real soft spot for SGI stuff, worthless or not, it's
>  beautifully designed. They seem like, arguably, the absolute high
>  point of workstation design in their era-- especially the Octanes and
>  onyx. The NeXT is pretty beautifully designed too.
>
>  Anyone here agree on either point?
>  <snip>
>
>  I agree :)   I'm an sgi collector that went from resurrecting an old
>  4d/70 twin tower box (12.5MHz!) and learning IRIX 4.0.5 for the first
>  time to being a lead SysAdmin for BlueMountain 3 years later.  All of
>  my sgi gear is in storage, probably to never be turned on again.  If
>  you're ever in northern New Mexico, you're welcome to take your pick
>  of the litter.  4d/440 (quad R3000 desk side @ 33MHz), Onyx (quad
>  R10000 @ 195MHz w/ RE2 board set with 7 RM4 boards (4 installed)), and
>  a crapload of other smaller machines.
>
>  -Bob
>
>
>
>  On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 2:32 PM, Ian Finder <ian.finder at gmail.com> wrote:
>  > > You planning on selling the V20Z or giving it away?  I'm in Minneapolis, and
>  >  >  I'd certainly be willing to take a drive to Chicago to pick it up if it'll
>  >  >  be shot at/dumpstered otherwise.
>  >
>  >  Haha the V20z is one of the few things spoken for already, a few times
>  >  over at this poing. Sorry!
>  >
>  >
>  >  I wish I could say I was interested in the
>  >  >  ES40, but I've got a DS20E and a CS20 that don't see as much use as they
>  >  >  could, plus the girlfriend wouldn't be fond of the power bill going up again
>  >  >  :/
>  >
>  >  I thought the ES40 was bad for the power bill till I tried an Onyx.
>  >  Women just don't understand the computer collecting chromosome. My mom
>  >  throws gear out every chance she gets without asking, and as a high
>  >  schooler I hide my computer room as much as possible. One girlfriend I
>  >  did show it to said it was like something out of a movie though, so I
>  >  guess is can almost seem cool until they have to live with the gear.
>  >
>  >
>  >  >  Lack of diversity is meh.  The IRIX install media you have is worth more
>  >  >  than the Indy and the O2, for instance.
>  >
>  >  Considering all the SGI gear I got was free, and I paid $100 for media, yes.
>  >
>  >  On that note, if anyone wants IRIX 6.5.22, 6.5.28, 6.2, or 5.3, free
>  >  copies for all. (+S/H)
>  >
>  >  But I have a real soft spot for SGI stuff, worthless or not, it's
>  >  beautifully designed. They seem like, arguably, the absolute high
>  >  point of workstation design in their era-- especially the Octanes and
>  >  onyx. The NeXT is pretty beautifully designed too.
>  >
>  >  Anyone here agree on either point?
>  >
>  >
>  >  >
>  >  >  In all seriousness, if nobody here is interested in some of the things you
>  >  >  want to get rid of, I'd wager it'd all get taken off your hands at Nekochan.
>  >  >
>  >
>  >  That's one of the options I've considered, but I feel like they'd like
>  >  it a little more if I was getting rid of the SGI stuff and keeping the
>  >  others.
>  >
>  >  - F
>  >
>  >
>
>
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 Ian Finder
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