On Thu, 12 Jul 2001, Netdiablo wrote:
> > I've got a lead on four DG Aviions, CPUs only. They look
> > to be pretty clean but I didn't have much time to check them
> > out and there was no way to test any of them. They appeared
> > to be identical, but I only got to see the back label on one of
> > them, which was an AV 4300.
> >
> > Any interest?
>
> Are these MC88000 based? If so, they're kind of neat boxes. I'd be
> interested in them myself, except I'm really financially strapped
> myself at the moment. I recall seeing a website for someone who
> was interested in collecting systems like this; I think it was
> http://www.m88k.org or something like that. IMHO, the MC88000
> based Aviion systems are kind of interesting by their obscurity,
> as I don't see them at all around by me.
Agreed. The M88K is neat.
> > Also, at the same place there's an RS/6000 J50. Again, just the
> > CPU box itself and no way of testing anything.
>
> Probably just an early MCA bus POWER based machine. Again, its
> kind of interesting in that I don't see IBM RISC stuff very often,
> but in the grand scheme of things, it's not as interesting as
> the Aviion stuff (if its 88000 based).
It's actually probably one of the last MCA designs. It's a very nice
machine. (I want it.) It's an 8-processor deskside POWER2SC, I think. I
think it's one of the fastest microchannel boxes ever made.
Peace... Sridhar
> > If someone is seriously interested, let me know what they might
> > be worth (sight unseen, I know) and I'll go back with an offer to
> > pick 'em up.
> >
> > They're located in Maryland, if shipping or pick-up is an issue.
>
> Wish I could afford to have you grab some of these in my stead and
> have them shipped! All in all, they're probably not worth a whole
> lot of money - they're "just" older UNIX workstations. I'd offer
> maybe $20-50 per, depending on condition personally in terms of
> just being able to pick up some new hardware. Others here will
> probably dispute my idea of a "fair" price, though (I'm probably
> a bit high off the mark).
>
> --Sean Caron (root_at_diablonet.net) | http://www.diablonet.net
>
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