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IBM RS/6000 7044 44P-170!
Finally decided to get a better IBM POWER box. Grabbed this: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300153221291 on eBay for $161 shipped UPS Ground. Just needs a standard 68 pin SCSI drive (thank god that chassis doesn't require any special brackets), which I already have!
I run a couple of 43P-140 using AIX 5.1. I like them. 
Looks cool, what model was the old one you had?
Ooooooo, pretty
I have a friend who has a Beige version of that RS/6000 workstation, I think it's a 300MHz too.
I have a 7046 B50 2U server here, and while the hardware it pretty awesome (604e/375, 512MB RAM, 2x 9GB, and built like Fort Knox), I've never been a fan of IBM's approach to software. I used AIX 4.3 and 5L on it and really in both cases found them very icky.
I have a 7046 B50 2U server here, and while the hardware it pretty awesome (604e/375, 512MB RAM, 2x 9GB, and built like Fort Knox), I've never been a fan of IBM's approach to software. I used AIX 4.3 and 5L on it and really in both cases found them very icky.
Probably a 7043-140 then.
Up that'll be the one:
http://www.solinno.co.uk/images/tux7043140.jpg
Looking at the specs it must be a 233MHz
http://www.solinno.co.uk/images/tux7043140.jpg
Looking at the specs it must be a 233MHz
Might be, might not be. The 7043-140 was made in a very wide array of processors, going from 166 to 375 mhz IIRC.
I also have a 44p-170, please let me know if you figure out how to put the bloody side back on. It keeps falling off on mine.
Hopefully they send the hard drive bracket with yours. I did not get one with mine so I just stuck in the second 5.25" bay.
Hopefully they send the hard drive bracket with yours. I did not get one with mine so I just stuck in the second 5.25" bay.
They sent me the bracket and two sets of screws with it. Its a very nice machine, just takes forever to start up, but at least the IBM startup chime is pretty cool (yes, it has one). My POWER GXT3000P video card comes tomorrow, and hopefully my AIX 5.2/5.3 media. (I'm using 5.1 right now)
That's the truth. Years come off your life waiting for a RS/6000 to IPL.
And people wonder why IBM techs get through so much coffee in a day..?
It's very nice, my RS/6000 (which is a cluster server that originally came in a rack of 12 and was intended for headless operation in a remote server room) still has the built-in sound board and speaker. I have this bizarre vision of an IBM technician working on a rack of servers using one of the redundant spare units as an MP3 player
. Oddly also my B50 has a framebuffer card in it (although it's not really very good - I could only muster 256 colours at 1280x1024 in AIX/CDE).The startup chime isn't as good as the one on my SGI Indy though - the coolest startup chime EVER.
The GXT3000P came today. Its pretty much a beast, as this pic shows:
Finally took decent pics and posted em on flickr
http://www.flickr.com/photos/69151850@N00/sets/72157603694236023/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/69151850@N00/sets/72157603694236023/
very nice
That is awesome!
It looks like serious business.