[CTS] Re: Free Mac stuff?
- From: "Russ Blakeman" <rhb57@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <computertalkshop@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2005 09:16:34 -0600
Not getting anything from this number - should be a four digit model number
followed by a 3 digit options number and below the serial number.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: computertalkshop-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:computertalkshop-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Ross Nelson
> Sent: Sunday, November 27, 2005 10:19 PM
> To: computertalkshop@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [CTS] Re: Free Mac stuff?
>
>
> 7300 26-AANXH
> It's an old one. :)
>
> I can't even remember what's in there other than a ton of ram and no
> disk. I think it takes a PS/2 keyboard and mouse, it uses a 13w3
> monitor which I have a cable for (though I may need a gender bender
> to get it to work on mine; it looks like the cable is intended to be
> plugged in to both the monitor and the system).
>
> I've never played with HP-UX; I'd like to eventually get some
> hardware and play with it, but with AIX, I already have hardware
> designed to run it.
>
> On Nov 27, 2005, at 10:14 PM, Russ Blakeman wrote:
>
> > If you have the drive tray the SCA drives are cheap. Ignore the IBM
> > maximum
> > on drives, the ServerRAID takes way more than they specify in the
> > old specs.
> >
> > Give me the model from the front sticker (XXXX-XXX alphanumeric
> > possibly)
> > and I probably have the Hardware Maintenance Manual (HMM) for it in
> > PDF.
> > Somewhere around here I have an old copy of AIX which is also a
> > Unix based
> > OS. I don't moneky with AIX much, gives me a large longlasting
> > migrane same
> > as HPUX.
> >
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: computertalkshop-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> [mailto:computertalkshop-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Ross
> >> Nelson
> >> Sent: Sunday, November 27, 2005 10:12 PM
> >> To: computertalkshop@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> Subject: [CTS] Re: Free Mac stuff?
> >>
> >>
> >> Yeah, but a 400mhz IBM PPC is what, the IBM equivalent of a G3? I've
> >> got an old RS/6000 with 128mb RAM that I need to get a drive for one
> >> of these days so I can play with AIX. You can't beat a system that
> >> has 128mb RAM through 1mb and 8mb sticks. :)
> >>
> >> On Nov 27, 2005, at 10:07 PM, Russ Blakeman wrote:
> >>
> >>> My RS/6000 ran fine with MacOSX but it has a PPC at 400 I think and
> >>> tons of
> >>> RAM. You could always toss a spare drive into the machine and try
> >>> it. If it
> >>> doesn't work toss the old drive in and go back to where you where.
> >>> Your
> >>> machine probably runs SCSI anyway, easy enough to find cheaply. My
> >>> server
> >>> runs almost 2 terrbaytes of SCSI drives in RAID, got them all
> >>> surplus.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> -----Original Message-----
> >>>> From: computertalkshop-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>>> [mailto:computertalkshop-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Ross
> >>>> Nelson
> >>>> Sent: Sunday, November 27, 2005 9:54 PM
> >>>> To: computertalkshop@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>>> Subject: [CTS] Re: Free Mac stuff?
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> I assume you mean "G3 or better"? I have an older system that's a
> >>>> PowerPC -- 75mhz. Something tells me, other than the fact that I
> >>>> know the minimum requirement is a G3, that it's not going to
> >>>> boot up
> >>>> in there if I grab the CDs from work and try to install. ;)
> >>>>
> >>>> On Nov 27, 2005, at 9:47 PM, Russ Blakeman wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> As long as it runs a G3 or PowerPc processor it should run MacOS X
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