IBM RS/6000 59H

From: David Holland <dholland_at_woh.rr.com>
Date: Tue Mar 30 07:24:48 2004

Yeah, I checked their website, (really) but I didn't find the
particular documents Pat Finnegan pointed me at..

(I still claim weather/sinus effects.)

I've heard the horror stories about AIX... But hey,
half the fun of any given computer system is trying to
figure it out. - Or trying to install Linux on it. :)

David


On Mon, 29 Mar 2004, Zane H. Healy wrote:

> > Not entirely certain its on topic.. if it is, its just barely..
>
> Closer than I expected....
>
> > Anyone know much about'm? In particularly, sources of electronic
> > hardware documentation? (Service Guide?)
>
> Have you checked the IBM Website?
>
> > I just got handed one, along w/ a AIX 5.1 media set.. Now I get to go
> > have fun.. Course, it would be nice to know exactly what bits I'm
> > pulling out of it, as I poke at its innards. .
>
> I'll warn you, AIX (pronounced Aches) isn't the most fun of OS's, for a Unix
> box at home, I prefer IRIX, Solaris, or for a secure system OpenBSD.
>
> > Speaking of Google, googling for the above subject turns up a few
> > billion memory dealers, and a few SpecInt pages. :-(
>
> Just so happens I keep that info around for a lot of the older systems....
>
> System CPU ClkMHz Cache SPECint SPECfp Info
> Name (NUMx)Type ext/in Ext+I/D 95 95 Date
> ================= ========== ======= ========== ======= ======= =====
> IBM 59H/R20 POWER2 66 1M+32/128 3.37 9.80 Sep96
>
> Zane
>
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