[NMLUG] Used non-intel systems available

[mbarrick at unm.edu (Matthew Barrick)]

Kevin Rosenberg wrote:
> Hi, I have some used systems available if someone wants to meet in
> Albuquerque to pick them up.  I've removed the hard drives from all of
> them.  They have all been running Debian Linux (except the VAX) at
> some point in the last few years, but they've been on the shelf for a
> up to 1 year unused.
> 
> Microvax (SCSI - 50 pin) - requires custom serial cord for console
> SGI Indy (2 systems) (SCSI - 50 pin)
> HP 9000 (SCSI - 68 or 50 pin?) - has SCSI CDROM
> Cobalt RAQ2 (IDE) - use standard serial cable and TFTP server to install Debian
> 
> The systems are free. If some wants the hard disks, I'll charge them
> $25 per disk to cover my time connecting them to a system and clearing
> the contents. Installing the disks would be their responsibility. Hard
> disks capacities are small, between 1-4GB. They have all worked in the
> past, but I don't guarantee their operation. Overwriting the disks to
> clear their contents, though, should give a good indication if they're
> working.
> 

Quite honestly, I'd love all of them, I could pick them up anywhere in
ABQ, but want others to get experience on non-intel machines. So if you
don't get people for any of them, I'll take what's left. I would love
the Microvax though. I did a lot of my undergrad work on one of those,
and would love to get one to relive my glory days. (Do have a spare
custom serial cord and/or a wiring diagram for them?)


matthew j. barrick
barrick@cs.unm.edu