Going to be taking to Twitch again this afternoon, at a rather unusual time for me but for a good reason - we're going to have a guest appearance from @majenko as he pops over to grab some shiny new toys for his collection, and helps do more tests on my RS/6000.
Start time will depend rather on when he gets here (!) but it looks like we should hopefully be live around 1530 GMT (about 20 minutes from now) at https://twitch.tv/baljemmett - if not, it shouldn't be long after!
Swarm intelligence needed - identification of "special" IBM RS/6000
I got an IBM RISC Syteem/6000 Type 7006 Model 410 (or 41O?) of which I cannot find any information. Does anyone know details or even has documentation? What's special? It contains a GT4xi - otherwise run of the mill.
Installing an IBM RS/6000 7006 Model 410 with AIX 4.2.1 - highlight: GT4xi graphics :)
OK, the card seems to be dead... anyone got a GT1x, GT3i or GXT150 to let?
Swarm Knowledge to the rescue!
I got an IBM 7011 Model 220 with the GT1 graphics. Which does not work with my TFT (I suppose). It's only creating a "full white" screen. Not sure if it is the DIP switches on the card, tried a bunch of settings. Mostly the screen stays black ...
Console via serial is working fine.
About to finally win my fight with the bitchy RS/6000 IBM 7011 Model 220 ... after denying to accept a NEC, an Apple, a Pioneer AND A Toshiba CD-ROM - acquired a Plextor and voila ...
#rs6000 #aix #bitchy #ibm #unix #pizza #workstation #retrocomputing
How about a dirty RS/6000 with a leaked battery?
The projects never end ...
Anyone experienced "no console output" on S1? Seems to be the case on the one ...
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