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New Resident - ANS 700
It's really just an IBM RS/6000 with an Apple sticker on, you know 
There's not hing wrong with that however, RS/6000s are really top-class UNIX machines. I don't get on that well with AIX but if it annoys you too much I daresay most versions of PPC Linux would run on it too.
There's not hing wrong with that however, RS/6000s are really top-class UNIX machines. I don't get on that well with AIX but if it annoys you too much I daresay most versions of PPC Linux would run on it too.
There was a Radius video card in one of the slots. I'm assumning that someone has tried the old "use a PCI video card and 9500 ROM SIMM" trick to get it to boot Mac OS before. Other than that, just the 200mhz upgrade processor card, a CD-ROM, DAT drive and several hard drives.
It weighs about 20 pounds more than a Daystar Genesis tower, so it is heavy, probably close to a hundred pounds.
A file server for the Mac side of my network. The current file server is a WGS8150.Nice score!What are your plans for it, once you get it going?
YDL has a kernel for the ANS and seems to be the flavor of choice as well as one of the BSD's.
The motherboard looks like a hybrid of the Tsunami from the 9500 class of PowerMac and a RS/6000. Some things are Mac like ADB and Cuda, the non-cascaded interrupts for the PCI slots are very RS as is the on board SCSI and video chip set.
Except that there is a limit as to what version of AIX you can run on it.It's really just an IBM RS/6000 with an Apple sticker on, you know
There's not hing wrong with that however, RS/6000s are really top-class UNIX machines. I don't get on that well with AIX but if it annoys you too much I daresay most versions of PPC Linux would run on it too.
Hi - more likely that it was running Linux and the user wanted better video for running X11. That's certainly what I did with mine. The on board video is not well supported by the newer versions of Linux.
Nice find - enjoy your ANS!
PS: Don't forget to check your power bills. I had to turn mine off due to the cost of running it!
Regards,
Macdownunder
It's 4500 sqft of conditioned space. Plus Texas has the highest unregulated electricity rates in the US. We are lucky being served by a power co-op or our bill would be 30-40% higher than it is.Good grief! When mine is $200 it's too much. Then again I have a smaller house.
You live in the Carolinas too, which is a much cooler climate. We finally got to switch off the airco on Thanksgiving when temps dropped below the high 80's. We have to use the airco almost every month. The downside is large electric bills, the upside is low gas bills for heating. We use more gas knocking the chill off the pool to let the kids swim at Christmas and through out the winter than we do heating the house.
Some places have a peak usage fee, so not only do you pay for the KW hours you use, but if you have too much on at once and the amp draw to the house goes over a limit you get hit by that as well.
Its been a while since I actualy bothered to read my bill. The heating bill in the winter has been more then the power bill in the summer even with the central air on all the time. I have run a few machines at once before, generally 2 were on (whatever I was working on and my server) and sometimes a few more.
Its been a while since I actualy bothered to read my bill. The heating bill in the winter has been more then the power bill in the summer even with the central air on all the time. I have run a few machines at once before, generally 2 were on (whatever I was working on and my server) and sometimes a few more.
Jeebus blackcube! Our power bill for the entire farm is $900 a month over the winter (it goes down a bit in summer). That's with several 3,5,7,10 + 15 HP motors running plus the compressor for the bulk milk tank, plus the water tank heaters (4 @ 1500W each) plus the house, and the shop, and the block heaters for the tractors and Bobcat and the 3 barn fans, and more. You must be using lots and lots of power!
As usual the state government has totally screwed the public with deregulation. Power rates were under 7 cents kwh now on a normal retail provider they can be as high at 18 cents. We are paying 11 cents because our retail provider is a member owner co-op utility.
If you will sign a long term contract, commercial rates are actually lower than residential at time.
$.063 is 6.3 Cents a kWh.. if you are paying $1 something is a bit wrong paws, better check again.
Blackcube: What kind of fuel source do you guys use for electricity there? Not sure if they use nuclear here or natural gas. Makes a big difference, if they use oil for generation then I can see the prices being higher.
Blackcube: What kind of fuel source do you guys use for electricity there? Not sure if they use nuclear here or natural gas. Makes a big difference, if they use oil for generation then I can see the prices being higher.
Fuel Usage From Most Common to Least Common:
1. Natural Gas
2. Lignite Coal
3. Nuclear
4. Wind
5. Hydroelectric
They were going to build 8 new coal plants but have scrapped plans to build five of them. I wish they would build more reactors. We only have three nuke plants on line with two generating units each. I wish they would build a dozen more. We have the space.
I just had a friend who moved back to Eagle River from Dallas and he was amazed at the cost of power and the high property taxes here. I drove his Denali to Eagle River in August for him. I was amazed at the lack of Blue Laws in WI. I stopped in at a C-Store to buy ice and was struck by the fact you could but liquor on Sunday.
It was gorgeous weather in Eagle River in August but I wouldn't want to be there now.
I should have called Mark last night to make a bet on tonights football game. He grew up in Green Bay. Having lived within 60 miles of Dallas all my life, we teased each other about football constantly.
Northeast of Dallas it's 42, no wind to speak of and will be in the low 60's this afternoon. This will last today and tomorrow then we'll return to our usual December temps of low 70's with a morning lows in the 50's.
We'll get real winter weather in January or February. Last year we only had a few days of temps below freezing and we had a dusting of snow twice. Of course a little sleet or a dusting of snow will totally paralyze Dallas drivers.
Nice score! I found a freebie listed on Craigslist once, but the woud-be donor didn't return calls.
During the summer months, my electricity bills are usually well below $20/month, but it was a pretty hot and miserable summer! Some days, even a single compact fluorescent lamp felt like it was radiating too much heat, so for my winter project, I should get some LED lighting going.
During the summer months, my electricity bills are usually well below $20/month, but it was a pretty hot and miserable summer! Some days, even a single compact fluorescent lamp felt like it was radiating too much heat, so for my winter project, I should get some LED lighting going.