[ale] old HP9000 running Linux

[Matthew Magee]

If I had known you wanted to dump those boxes, I could have picked them 
up. :(

I just don't tell her and she doesn't look most of the time.

Tony Carter wrote:

> So I'm not the only one being yelled at by my wife about "junk"  
> computers. I just threw away some 386 and 486 boxes, what more does 
> she  want from me ..
>
> So, Geoffrey after reading the below comments, are you still interested?
>
> -Tony
>
>
>
> On Jun 22, 2004, at 4:40 PM, James P. Kinney III wrote:
>
>> BWAHAHAHAHA!!!!!
>>
>> <twitch>
>>
>>
>> <twitch>
>>
>>
>> I wonder if I have another circuit open in my panel box? Hmm. I _could_
>> unplug the dryer. _I_ don't use it....
>>
>> Ouch, dear! I was just checking the connection! Really! I didn't know
>> there was a _computer_ that could plug in here...Ouch!...yes, dear...no
>> more _big_ boxes...<mutter><twitch>
>>
>> On Tue, 2004-06-22 at 14:52, Dow Hurst wrote:
>>
>>> 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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