Huge Gear Haul
Added 2024-08-04 23:35:58 +0000 UTCDrove to Kansas this weekend to pick up a huge haul of gear, including an IBM RS/6000!
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Yeah getting the GPU will save you a lot of annoyance. Being as you've worked on some serious-ish IBM stuff on the channel you might be right at home in a G5, it definitely has more of an IBM than an Apple vibe to it once you get below the surface.
Mark Benson
2024-09-04 12:42:34 +0000 UTCThanks! I believe it's at least missing the GPU... which the guy I bought it from is actually gonna send my way (he just forgot to bring it). But once that's around it'll be troubleshooting time
clabretro
2024-09-01 20:02:03 +0000 UTCReally cool haul, nice work! I know you'll probably get around to it much later on, but if you need any help with the PowerMac G5 I've got a bit of experience with those. Any idea what's wrong with it? (apart from the CPUs are sitting own the bench top!)
Mark Benson
2024-09-01 08:05:56 +0000 UTCIf you ever get bored with AIX, you should also be able to install Windows NT4 for PowerPC on that RS/6000, as I think it should be a PowerPC reference platform. I even saw Michael MJD run a Motorola x86 emulator on Windows on PowerPC, so you could even run x86 software on that to totally blow your mind.
Cedric Roijakkers
2024-08-23 20:00:51 +0000 UTCthank you! I'm just over in Colorado. excited to cover a bunch of this stuff
clabretro
2024-08-12 19:33:38 +0000 UTCJust joined the group and didn't expect to see my state on here. Nice haul!
Matt Althouse
2024-08-12 15:17:12 +0000 UTCIt really depends on the intelligence of the enclosure. The RA-4000 & RA-4100 were a full array on a card that spoke Fibre Channel out to the world while UltraWide (?) to the drives.
DrScriptt
2024-08-08 23:54:35 +0000 UTCI haven't dug up the docs yet but seems possible, it's definitely modular. aren't fiber drives a little different usually though? or was it common to convert from scsi drive to fibre out
clabretro
2024-08-08 16:37:36 +0000 UTCI wonder if that UltraWide SCSI module can be replaced with the RA-4000 (RAID ARRAY?) module that has the Fibre Channel interface.
DrScriptt
2024-08-08 02:15:48 +0000 UTCDefinitely on the list, been slowly acquiring a bit of IBM and Cisco gear to be able to setup a Fibre Channel disk array
clabretro
2024-08-06 16:18:59 +0000 UTCWould be cool to see some Fibre Channel on the channel some day. An old workplace had FC stuff but I wasn't involved with it, so would be nice to learn more about it!
Martin Paulsen
2024-08-06 15:42:17 +0000 UTCSCSI, I should've shown the back. It has an Ultra Wide SCSI 3 module back there
clabretro
2024-08-06 00:49:51 +0000 UTCIs the Compaq storage enclosure SCSI or the Fibre Channel RA 4000 (or is it 4100)? Edit: If it's Fibre Channel, I have the utility you need to manage it. N.B. there are some restrictions on the RA 4100 / 4000 (512 GB max volume size and you need a Compaq Fibre Channel card to administer it).
DrScriptt
2024-08-06 00:43:11 +0000 UTCSome super interesting stuff. That old drive array is almost the thing I'm most interested in!
Martin Paulsen
2024-08-05 16:08:24 +0000 UTCclabson> Hey ma' wanna go on a road trip to Kansas to pick up old computer garbage? clabmom> You're just like your father... what is with you guys and these silly machines? alright sure, I got nothing better to do. 10/10 haul, clabmom++, and best of all : more clabretro videos!
vivi
2024-08-05 14:03:50 +0000 UTCwill do!
clabretro
2024-08-05 14:03:21 +0000 UTCOh man. Wish I could find a haul like that here in Canada!
Aurelius
2024-08-05 13:37:58 +0000 UTCThanks for sharing! It would be fantastic if you could include the youtube URL in the post body when you share videos, saves a few page loads for viewing.
Aaron the Tinkerer
2024-08-05 05:15:05 +0000 UTCha, hopefully!
clabretro
2024-08-05 01:23:32 +0000 UTCCan't wait for thw RS/6000 series. It might just be your channel's Centurion.
Glen Dady
2024-08-05 00:18:12 +0000 UTCSo excited to see videos on this! Great haul.
Zzyzx Wolfe
2024-08-05 00:02:35 +0000 UTCOh man, that haul is amazing. I miss when everything was beige. 😅
Liquorist
2024-08-05 00:02:29 +0000 UTCyes! I was gonna respond to that email about it but now you know obviously haha
clabretro
2024-08-04 23:50:41 +0000 UTCRegardless I will be looking forward to your take on this gorgeous machine!
Kyle Bee
2024-08-04 23:50:37 +0000 UTCI'll be holding onto it for the foreseeable future but I'll keep ya in mind! haha
clabretro
2024-08-04 23:50:00 +0000 UTCYou got it! Great. Bring it back to life for us.
John Fugedy
2024-08-04 23:49:45 +0000 UTCYo, if you ever feel like you're done with that RS/6000 I would be interested in buying it. It's no 56k modem I know, but still interested should the need arise!
Kyle Bee
2024-08-04 23:45:33 +0000 UTCKansas? That feels far from everywhere.
Paul Spencer
2024-08-04 23:36:59 +0000 UTC
