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Sort-of-a-Conquest: ThinkPads, Mobility, UNIX Iron.
Well this is a weird set of "liberations" if you could call it that, but I got in a cool little haul recently, all of it stuff I bought from techfury90.
The first part is something we've been planning for awhile, I got two ThinkPad 760 series machines he wasn't using. My intent is to try OpenSTEP on one of 'em, and in general reconfigure all three of my 760 series machines until I get at least two workable machines. Likely, one of 'em will run Windows NT4 or 95, and the other will run OPENSTEP 4.2.
The other part is another thing I decided I wanted awhile back, a mobile internet pcmcia card so I can get online with my ThinkPad when I'm on vacation this summer. Here's hoping there's good network reception in Michigan.
And lastly, some UNIX iron -- a Sun Ultra60 workstation. This thing, I'd say, is probably the contemporary to the Octane or Octane2, or at least fills some of that same market. Let's just say, it's HUGE! It's got dual 450MHz processors, a gigabyte(I think) of memory, and dual 18GB scsi hard discs, in addition to a cool slot-loading DVD-ROM drive.
The first part is something we've been planning for awhile, I got two ThinkPad 760 series machines he wasn't using. My intent is to try OpenSTEP on one of 'em, and in general reconfigure all three of my 760 series machines until I get at least two workable machines. Likely, one of 'em will run Windows NT4 or 95, and the other will run OPENSTEP 4.2.
The other part is another thing I decided I wanted awhile back, a mobile internet pcmcia card so I can get online with my ThinkPad when I'm on vacation this summer. Here's hoping there's good network reception in Michigan.
And lastly, some UNIX iron -- a Sun Ultra60 workstation. This thing, I'd say, is probably the contemporary to the Octane or Octane2, or at least fills some of that same market. Let's just say, it's HUGE! It's got dual 450MHz processors, a gigabyte(I think) of memory, and dual 18GB scsi hard discs, in addition to a cool slot-loading DVD-ROM drive.
[comment about needing pictures, mr d300 man]
This thread, and your big iron, are worthless without pics.
Somewhere out there a grammar nazi is tripping all over those commas.
Somewhere out there a grammar nazi is tripping all over those commas.
I used to care a lot about grammar, but then I took ENG321 (English Grammars) and realized that people who actually sit at home on their computers and analyze the grammar of people's forum posts are a) doing it wrong and B) have no lives anyway. So it's cool. I know a few English majors actually, they seem to be better than the "Grammar Nazi" type.
Anyway, here are the pics!
ThinkPad R61i -- Now with even more mobility.
Sony Ericsson GC83 PCMCIA Card
UNIX IRON
The KB/Mouse
The Badge
The U60's Journey to the ACHD
The U60 sitting at the lab desk where I work my 9-hour weekend night shifts.
The ThinkPad 760s are also in my photostream, but they're not really all that great. They weren't packed the best ever, and they need some recombination. I'm going to make one superThinkPad for OPENSTEP eventually. I've got the external floppy and the cd drive to do it, so that'll be pretty awesome ot have around.
Anyway, here are the pics!
ThinkPad R61i -- Now with even more mobility.
Sony Ericsson GC83 PCMCIA Card
UNIX IRON
The KB/Mouse
The Badge
The U60's Journey to the ACHD
The U60 sitting at the lab desk where I work my 9-hour weekend night shifts.
The ThinkPad 760s are also in my photostream, but they're not really all that great. They weren't packed the best ever, and they need some recombination. I'm going to make one superThinkPad for OPENSTEP eventually. I've got the external floppy and the cd drive to do it, so that'll be pretty awesome ot have around.
Wouldn't that be a punctuation Nazi?
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] ]'>Lexicology nazi!Wouldn't that be a punctuation Nazi?
Temetka, your commas, though they may seem numerous, are in fact correct
BTW sweet score on that Sun box. What are the dual 450MHz CPUs?
BTW sweet score on that Sun box. What are the dual 450MHz CPUs?
UltraSPARC IIs with 4 MB cache a pop.
Ultra 60...sweet. I've got an Ultra 5 with a single 333 MHz proc and I think even that is nice. Great way to learn Solaris.
Yeah, I almost got an Ultra 5, /400MHz, probably a bit easier to take with me to work, but My intent is to use the machine as my web server and "development box" (testing php/mysql web apps.)
Oh, and I completely misunderstood the grammar comment before -- I thought I'd typed my post wrong. oops. [
] ]'> I was probably tired at the time.
Anyway, I'll eventually get that set up and running, we're going to put ULW on it, and I was thinking of moving my blog to that machine, self-hosted.
Oh, and I completely misunderstood the grammar comment before -- I thought I'd typed my post wrong. oops. [
] ]'> I was probably tired at the time.Anyway, I'll eventually get that set up and running, we're going to put ULW on it, and I was thinking of moving my blog to that machine, self-hosted.
Pics man, we need pics.
I would love to get some old school big iron like that some day.
Debating on an Indigo, Orion or something else.
Irix could be fun, but Solaris would be more practical. I have some Solaris experience and have never touched an Irix box. I do have years of Unix Admin under my belt so I should feel right at home in either once I get a feel for it.
I would love to get some old school big iron like that some day.
Debating on an Indigo, Orion or something else.
Irix could be fun, but Solaris would be more practical. I have some Solaris experience and have never touched an Irix box. I do have years of Unix Admin under my belt so I should feel right at home in either once I get a feel for it.
IRIX is a great system, one of the other boxes I've got at home is an SGI Octane, dual225 R10,000SC with 384mb of ram and a 4gig hdd, I've got a 70gig here that I got off of eBay for it, and an external cdrw, with hopefully the right cable. The only problem with that machine is that the SoG display. I eventually need to get an adapter for it, and a Dell UltraSharp panel which supports SoG on it's vga input. Because of it's stout size, the Octane is *almost* easier to carry around than the U60 too.
Anyway, the pics are linked to in my post above.
Anyway, the pics are linked to in my post above.
/slaps self
Nice pics.
You carried that thing Uni?
Nice.
Nice pics.
You carried that thing Uni?
Nice.
Whereas your e-bay link is to a right powerful system, it is also to a right huge piece of kit as well. See that rack? That's just slightly bigger than Cory's Sun boxen.
I highly doubt he could carry that to uni.
I highly doubt he could carry that to uni.
Well, then he needs to get more exercise!
I'll see your ten UltraSPARC CPUs and raise you 64 with 1 GB of RAM each
And yes, Sun's larger Enterprise solutions are *HUGE*
See, now THAT is a proper piece of kit.
A few years back some place had a ton of those and they modded them up with light bars and whatnot. Looked absolutely awesome.
A few years back some place had a ton of those and they modded them up with light bars and whatnot. Looked absolutely awesome.
If I had a huge soundproof garage and 3-phase mains and a lot of money I'd have a pretty swell data center by now I'd also probably have a Superbike racing team, but that;s another story entirely
I'd also probably have a Superbike racing team, but that;s another story entirely
If I was independently wealthy I'd have a sweet data center full of Sun and SGI gear.
And and army of undead minions at my command, but that is another story entirely. :evil:
And and army of undead minions at my command, but that is another story entirely. :evil:
I see your undead minions, and raise you an army of flying monkeys.
Fly, my pretties, FLY!
Fly, my pretties, FLY!
I'm still searching high and low for one of these:
ThinkPad 800 series
The ThinkPad 800 series (800/820/821/822/823/850/851/860) were unique in that they were based on the PowerPC architecture, rather than the Intel x86 architecture. They all used the PowerPC 603e CPU, at speeds of 100 MHz, or 166 MHz in the 860 model. The 800 may have used a 603, and it is unclear if the 800 was experimental or not. All units used SCSI 2 instead of IDE hard disks. The units are believed to have all been extremely expensive, as the 850 cost upwards of $12,000. The 800 series can run Windows NT 3.5 (probably 4.0 as well), OS/2, AIX 4.14, Solaris Desktop 2.5.1 PowerPC Edition, and Linux.
I will find one someday!! I swear it!!!
ThinkPad 800 series
The ThinkPad 800 series (800/820/821/822/823/850/851/860) were unique in that they were based on the PowerPC architecture, rather than the Intel x86 architecture. They all used the PowerPC 603e CPU, at speeds of 100 MHz, or 166 MHz in the 860 model. The 800 may have used a 603, and it is unclear if the 800 was experimental or not. All units used SCSI 2 instead of IDE hard disks. The units are believed to have all been extremely expensive, as the 850 cost upwards of $12,000. The 800 series can run Windows NT 3.5 (probably 4.0 as well), OS/2, AIX 4.14, Solaris Desktop 2.5.1 PowerPC Edition, and Linux.
I will find one someday!! I swear it!!!
I think defor has two 820s.
Anyway, any iron bigger than the U60 I want is probably going to be something that's single-image. A huge SGI ORIGIN or Onyx system would be perfect.
Alas, I'm more likely to get a macpro than an Origin or an Onyx. [] ]'>
Anyway, any iron bigger than the U60 I want is probably going to be something that's single-image. A huge SGI ORIGIN or Onyx system would be perfect.
Alas, I'm more likely to get a macpro than an Origin or an Onyx. [
] ]'>
I hear ya on the MacPro.
With 8 cores, huge RAM pool, PCI-e and SATA2 it's a ridiculously fast UNIX box. I want to get one and slap NetBSD on it.
Mmmm....speed.
With 8 cores, huge RAM pool, PCI-e and SATA2 it's a ridiculously fast UNIX box. I want to get one and slap NetBSD on it.
Mmmm....speed.
I'd probably keep OS X on mine, but I can imagine simultaneously running every major x86 OS inside VMware Fusion virtual machines. That or a lab's worth of Vista VMs, plus a Server2008 or two.
And to think of how many NT4 VMs could potentially run comfortably with that much power.
And heck, it'd make a great photo processing box too -- but such power is out of the question for a few years yet.
And to think of how many NT4 VMs could potentially run comfortably with that much power.
And heck, it'd make a great photo processing box too -- but such power is out of the question for a few years yet.
As a little bit of a sidenote, the U60 is now in service as my web server!
http://www.ueberlandowiki.net/index.php/Main_Page
and http://www.ueberlandowiki.net/wordpress/ for my test of wordpress, which I'm thinking I might switch to.
http://www.ueberlandowiki.net/index.php/Main_Page
and http://www.ueberlandowiki.net/wordpress/ for my test of wordpress, which I'm thinking I might switch to.
Sweetness.
Sadly I used to have one of those. It was password protected and I damaged it trying to clear it out. I ended up giving it to a friend who was a bit of a tech packrat. He had so much stuff in his car I swore it would flip over if he ever cleaned it out.
I don't remember the exact model number, but I do remember the PowerPC logo on the case.