A rackmount DECsystem 5000/240. A MIPS R3000 40MHz DEC PMAX.
Peace... Sridhar
On Thu, 8 Nov 2001, Dan Wright wrote:
> What is it? it sounds interesting...
>
> Iggy Drougge said:
> > Got this on another list. You could run ULTRIX on it. I could supply a CD
> > image if necessary.
>
> > From: "Erik Bennett" <bennett_at_research.or.com>
> > To: port-pmax_at_netbsd.org
> > Subject: DECSystem 5900
> > Date: 7 Nov 2001 03:16:50 GMT
> >
> > I've got a DECSystem 5900 that's needing a home. It's got 2 of the
> > 32MB memory modules. It's the slower chip, but I can't recall the MHz.
> >
> > I got it at an auction when buying a rack and was surprised to find it
> > in there.
> >
> > It *seemed* to power up OK (20 amp 120VAC power suppy included).
> >
> > I was going to load BSD on it, but I can't see how I'm going to get to
> > it in this lifetime. It looks like it's got a couple of WREN drives
> > in it, but I can't be sure.
> >
> > Let me know if anyone's interested. It'd be a crime to see a machine
> > this heavy go to waste.
> >
> >
> > -Erik
> >
> > Erik Bennett bennett_at_corp.or.com
> >
>
> - Dan Wright
> (dtwright_at_uiuc.edu)
> (http://www.uiuc.edu/~dtwright)
>
> -] ------------------------------ [-] -------------------------------- [-
> ``Weave a circle round him thrice, / And close your eyes with holy dread,
> For he on honeydew hath fed, / and drunk the milk of Paradise.''
> Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Kubla Khan
>
Received on Thu Nov 08 2001 - 12:54:18 GMT