RS/6000, cheap to good home.

From: Boatman on the River of Suck <vance_at_ikickass.org>
Date: Fri Dec 21 22:20:20 2001

On Fri, 21 Dec 2001, Doc Shipley wrote:

> Well, most of one anyway. I have a 7011-250 upgraded from a 7011-220,
> which means that I replaced literally everything but the case. So I have
> the 220 entire, if you want to mount it on something. This includes PSU,
> system board, MCA riser, 8-bit color adapter & riser, floppy drive &
> cable, and the lock barrel & key. A standard >2G scsi disk & cable will
> work. I've heard that the graphics adapter is not supported past AIX
> v3.25, but I promise you don't want to run X on this dog anyway. Or you
> could use a standard MCA graphics adapter.
> I need an internal SCSI cable for my VS3100 m38, a memory expansion
> board for the PS/2 8570, and a GXT130P graphics adapter. I'd consider
> Q-Bus drive controllers for the VS-II I may or may not be rebuilding,
> depending on whether the trade for CPU & RAM goes through. If you have
> something that's worth more than the RS/6000 pieces/parts, let me know
> what else you need. I'm suffering no delusions concerning the value of
> an orphaned 7011-220.

Would you like a fully loaded memory expansion option for an 8570 in
exchange for this machine? It's 16 MB.

Peace... Sridhar
Received on Fri Dec 21 2001 - 22:20:20 GMT