[ale] old HP9000 running Linux

[Dow Hurst]

You want it James...

Watch the HP as it swings back and forth....

Your getting sleepier.....

You are to not remember your married....

Now, dream of the lab with the shiny HP purrrring away on 8 CPUs on your 
latest compile....

You want it....

Now, go get that HP, and a new sleeping bag for the couch!
Dow


James P. Kinney III wrote:
> On Tue, 2004-06-22 at 10:49, Tony Carter wrote:
> 
>>Hello All,
>>I obtain a HP9000 T520 Corporate Business Server (8way processor 2gb of 
>>RAM) about a year ago. My intent was to run Linux on this beast but I 
>>never got around to rewiring my lab for 220v. Anyone have some space 
>>that we could plug this puppy in and boot Linux on it? If so, I'll 
>>donate it to ALE otherwise, I'm going to have to trash it.
> 
> 
> The T-class systems are not supported under the PaLinux stuff. That
> particular model is about the size of a refrigerator. It weighs around
> 200lbs and will cost about $35/mo in electrical to keep it running. It
> will run the cooling bill up as well. In short, it's a beast!
> 
> That said, an 8-way system (even at 120MHz) is still pretty cool! HPUX
> is a business system OS so it has few "fun" toys.Somewhere around my
> office I have a set of CD's HP sent me for installing gcc and gnome
> stuff onto an HPUX system. Old gnome stuff. Think RedHat 6.1. But it
> _still_ looks better than CDE!!
> 
> **NOTE** I want to _stay_ married. Don't even _OFFER_ it to me! <twitch>
> I can get away with sneaking in old SGI hardware. But HP stuff is on the
> "sleeping on the couch" list.
> 
>>-Tony
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