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IBM RS/6000 7044 44P-170!
Posted by: techfury90 on 2008-01-03 15:27:17 Finally decided to get a better IBM POWER box. Grabbed this: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300153221291 on eBay for $161 shipped UPS Ground. Just needs a standard 68 pin SCSI drive (thank god that chassis doesn't require any special brackets), which I already have!
Posted by: porter on 2008-01-03 16:50:41 I run a couple of 43P-140 using AIX 5.1. I like them. 🙂
Posted by: Unknown_K on 2008-01-03 21:39:57 Looks cool, what model was the old one you had?
Posted by: TheNeil on 2008-01-04 00:56:42 Ooooooo, pretty 🙂
Posted by: SiliconValleyPirate on 2008-01-04 13:52:57 I have a friend who has a Beige version of that RS/6000 workstation, I think it's a 300MHz too. I have a 7046 B50 2U server here, and while the hardware it pretty awesome (604e/375, 512MB RAM, 2x 9GB, and built like Fort Knox), I've never been a fan of IBM's approach to software. I used AIX 4.3 and 5L on it and really in both cases found them very icky.
Posted by: techfury90 on 2008-01-04 14:14:52 Probably a 7043-140 then.
Posted by: SiliconValleyPirate on 2008-01-04 14:31:34 Up that'll be the one: http://www.solinno.co.uk/images/tux7043140.jpg Looking at the specs it must be a 233MHz
Posted by: techfury90 on 2008-01-04 14:44:07 Might be, might not be. The 7043-140 was made in a very wide array of processors, going from 166 to 375 mhz IIRC.
Posted by: redrouteone on 2008-01-04 22:02:45 I also have a 44p-170, please let me know if you figure out how to put the bloody side back on. It keeps falling off on mine. Hopefully they send the hard drive bracket with yours. I did not get one with mine so I just stuck in the second 5.25" bay.
Posted by: techfury90 on 2008-01-08 16:28:06 I also have a 44p-170, please let me know if you figure out how to put the bloody side back on. It keeps falling off on mine. Hopefully they send the hard drive bracket with yours. I did not get one with mine so I just stuck in the second 5.25" bay. They sent me the bracket and two sets of screws with it. Its a very nice machine, just takes forever to start up, but at least the IBM startup chime is pretty cool (yes, it has one). My POWER GXT3000P video card comes tomorrow, and hopefully my AIX 5.2/5.3 media. (I'm using 5.1 right now)
Posted by: redrouteone on 2008-01-08 19:25:02 Its a very nice machine, just takes forever to start up, but at least the IBM startup chime is pretty cool (yes, it has one). That's the truth. Years come off your life waiting for a RS/6000 to IPL.
Posted by: SiliconValleyPirate on 2008-01-09 00:31:56 Its a very nice machine, just takes forever to start up And people wonder why IBM techs get through so much coffee in a day..? ... but at least the IBM startup chime is pretty cool (yes, it has one). It's very nice, my RS/6000 (which is a cluster server that originally came in a rack of 12 and was intended for headless operation in a remote server room) still has the built-in sound board and speaker. I have this bizarre vision of an IBM technician working on a rack of servers using one of the redundant spare units as an MP3 player 🙂 . Oddly also my B50 has a framebuffer card in it (although it's not really very good - I could only muster 256 colours at 1280x1024 in AIX/CDE). The startup chime isn't as good as the one on my SGI Indy though - the coolest startup chime EVER.
Posted by: techfury90 on 2008-01-09 16:03:06 The GXT3000P came today. Its pretty much a beast, as this pic shows:
Posted by: techfury90 on 2008-01-11 13:30:56 Finally took decent pics and posted em on flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/69151850@N00/sets/72157603694236023/
Posted by: madmax_2069 on 2008-01-11 15:41:36 Finally took decent pics and posted em on flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/69151850@N00/sets/72157603694236023/ very nice
Posted by: Christopher on 2008-01-11 16:07:47 The startup chime isn't as good as the one on my SGI Indy though - the coolest startup chime EVER. That is awesome!
Posted by: aphetica on 2008-01-12 07:56:53 Finally took decent pics and posted em on flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/69151850@N00/sets/72157603694236023/ It looks like serious business.
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