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 ...
I miss the era of no cost spared Unix workstations with nice features like the system couldn't be powered off unless you had the key to unlock access to the power switch like here on IBM RS/6000 deskside workstation:
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Andreas Edler
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