[rescue] FREE: IBM 9111-285 POWER5+ in Raleigh, NC

Steve Sandau ssandau at gwi.net
Tue May 14 05:40:38 CDT 2013


> I am also interested in this question. I'd like to get a little experience
> in AIX as well.
>
>>
>>> I have an IBM 9111-285 POWER5+ located in Raleigh, NC.  It is,
>>> unfortunately, not in a bootable state -- I think the power supply is
>>> bad, though I have very little to go on and it's a difficult machine
>>> to diagnose.
>>>
>>
>> Speaking of systems like this - what's the smallest semi-modern POWER
>> system I can get nowdays if I want to play with AIX?
>>

I have no idea if it counts as semi-modern, but when I wanted to cut my 
AIX teeth, I found a pizza-box sized 7011 and a copy of AIX 4.3.3. It's 
been several years since I fired it up, but I could certainly do so if 
you are curious about any specific aspect of it.

Steve


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