Master of all that Sucks wrote:
> > > 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
Well, that certainly showed my ignorance of IBM RS/6000 machines :)
In that case, this would really be one heck of a box, and actually
pretty competitive with modern machines. That can't be too old,
then, actually, I'd imagine.
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Received on Thu Jul 12 2001 - 10:11:20 BST