[geeks] IBM RS/6000 7012-3XX

From: Boatman on the River of Suck <vance_at_ikickass.org>
Date: Sat Dec 22 19:13:01 2001

On Sat, 22 Dec 2001, Doc wrote:

> On Sat, 22 Dec 2001, Bill Bradford wrote:
>
> > On Fri, Dec 21, 2001 at 08:26:25PM -0600, Doc Shipley wrote:
> > > > Let's not forget the holy grail of MCA RS/6K's, the RS/6000 390H.
> > > Forever and ever, Amen.
> >
> > I've got one of these sitting under my desk at work; is it worth powering
> > up?
>
> Oh, yeah. Pretty quick for an old dude. Power2 processors (370 and
> previous were all Power first-generation) more memory slots - 4 cards
> instead of 2 or 1, MUCH faster/better scsi capability, and generally
> sweet. IIRC, IBM was already building PPC models when the 390 came out.
> Floating-point performance spanked the 43p right up till the 140 came
> out.
> if you don't want it, I'll come get it out of your way.

Hey! I got dibs!

Peace... Sridhar
Received on Sat Dec 22 2001 - 19:13:01 GMT