--- Sipke de Wal <sipke_at_wxs.nl> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Just PackRatted a NCR 3400 system from a house
> on the next blok.............
Not the thing you typically find in a residential area...
> It'll be legaly on topic in 2.5 month from now
Close enough for me.
> Seems it could run OS2 2.0 and UNIX SRV4
I used to work in a group at Lucent (in Columbus, OH) that
maintained Suns and NCR 34xx machines. How many MicroChannel
SCSI cards does yours have? Ethernet?
> Does anyone know if it's value is more than
> a rather heavy boat-anchor
If you want to run multi-processor UNIX (NCR's MP-RAS) on what
are probably P-90 chips, it's a fine little beast. Otherwise,
it's an I/O-heavy desktop machine. A giant PeeCee, really.
I was told that you could stick in a DOS boot floppy and play
DOOM on one. Never got the chance, though. :-)
-ethan
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Received on Tue Oct 08 2002 - 16:15:01 BST