[ILUG] Fwd: [LeinsterFreecycle] Offered, Dublin 4 - old server

[Niall O Broin]

I know some of you guys collect all manner of strange hardware, so  
just in case anyone'd be interested in this, here you go. Please if  
interested reply to Brian directly, not to me nor to ILUG.


Niall


> From: "Brian Browne" <brianb at iibbdo.com>
> Date: 22 June 2006 15:51:20 GMT+01:00
> To: LeinsterFreecycle at yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [LeinsterFreecycle] Offered, Dublin 4 - old server
>
> This one is for the die-hard computer heads, so if you're not into
> computers, and particularly old ones at that,  save yourself the  
> bother of
> reading it!
>
> The machine on offer is an old DEC AlphaServer. It's big, as  
> computers go
> - easily the size of three regular PC towers strapped together. It was
> originally purchased in 1997 for an embarrassingly large amount of  
> money,
> but given that my iPod has 6 times the storage capacity, and my 2-  
> year
> old PDA has a faster CPU, I think this is the correct marketplace  
> for it's
> current value!
>
> It's vital statistics, in brief, are: 333Mhz DEC Alpha Processor,  
> 10 GB
> (!) Hard disk capacity (between 3 removable non-RAIDed SCSI drives),
> CD-ROM, 8mm 'EXABYTE' tape drive, two network interface cards. Windows
> NT4.0 installed, up to SP6, (I think!) but obviously that's completely
> unsupported by anyone anymore. It will allegedly run Tru64 Linux,  
> although
> I've never had time to experiment with that, and I think there's  
> some sort
> of limited version of VMS on it, (hardly surprising given its  
> heritage)
> although I'd walk backwards across the English Channel before I'd  
> remember
> the boot sequence to get into it.
>
> If you want it, let me know soon as it's kind of in the way around  
> here.
> I'm leaving the job shortly and I'd like to see it go to a good home
> rather than the  computer-breakers; I have a lot of memories  
> associated
> with this old box. Names (and I'm not expecting many responses)  
> will go
> into a hat.
>
> It's essential that you are able to collect this item from Dublin 4.