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From: Ethan Dicks <erd_6502_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Wed Jun 4 08:20:00 2003

--- jamesd <jdickens_at_ameritech.net> wrote:
> > Lift gate truck - check with Budget.
> hoping to put it in the back of my Ford Explorer...

The Sun racks that I am familiar with are much wider than 19" (there's
an internal 19"-spaced rack, with stuff on both sides) about 60" tall.
That optical storage rack looks like a somewhat standard 72"-tall rack.

You *might* be able to move it in an Explorer. I've moved two (empty)
H960 racks in a VW Microbus (the contents were placed under the racks,
on the floor behind the driver's seat, and I've moved an 11/750 in a
Chevy Astro, but what you've won is a bit larger than either.

> > If you intend to run it, AFAIK, the Sun4/690 tops out at Solaris 2.5.1
> > or Solaris 2.6.
> was leaning towards linux ( i hear debian supports it)

Linux for SPARC is a dog. It runs, but for certain architectures (sun4c
especially, which is a little newer than yours), it's vastly sub-
optimal. Given the age of the equipment, nobody wants to fix the problem,
either.

If you aren't going to run Solaris, I'd recommend *BSD.
 
> could you tell if it has a 220 volt power cord or not I couldn't tell,

ISTR the 690 might take a 220V plug. I am not a wiring genius, but I
have assembled a few 30A 110V plugs and one 208-3phase for a VAX 8530.

> and if it does will i be able to plug it into a electric dryer outlet?

Not sure. There are extensive discussions on this list about that
very topic. OTOH, I *think* the innards of the 690 are 110V, but the
power distribution box might want 220. In that case, you can plug the
CPU into its own 15A circuit and run the rest of the stuff off of a
different circuit.

> I'm still a bit leary of plugging in a machine that requires that much
> power.

I can understand that. This stuff wasn't exactly designed for home
use.

-ethan
Received on Wed Jun 04 2003 - 08:20:00 BST