I tried building #opencode on #ppc64 to replace the claude code cli, but I failed.  #bun is the main (first) bottleneck

As bun is now part of anthropic, I doubt ppc64 builds will get resources

#power9

https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/50475 and https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/50443  don't give me much hope either.

Blue Zone expert shares why partying all night isn’t decadent, it’s a key to longevity

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/blue-zone-expert-shares-why-partying-all-night-isnt-decadent-its-a-key-to-longevity/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=blue-zone-expert-shares-why-partying-all-night-isnt-decadent-its-a-key-to-longevity

I can sell a blackbird computer for $3,000 (with a used power9 CPU). You'll pay $6,000, if you buy from raptorcs.com. Anyone interested in buying it?

#power9 #raptorcomputing

Com Ports on a Power9 Computer

https://video.hardlimit.com/w/qYa49Z84LTFf7euRRXeoAU

How hard would it be to take the desktop blackbird computer and turn it into a laptop? Is there a reason that I shouldn't try to do this? Looks like the motherboard alone would cost $2,268, but ebay is currently selling some used power9 CPUs for $25.

#raptorcomputing #blackbird #power9 #openhardware

Replaced a bitrotted flash chip in my #talosII motherboard today.
PNOR flash is somewhat sensitive apparently for power fluctuations and static.

I can boot unattended again! #power9

Finally, the separate box of POWER9 upgrades appears. These are for the dual socket 144 thread Talos II here at home (the LC-922 are in colo). Relocation has turned up a lot of missing hardware, very pleased about this turn of events.

So, the long lost box contains:
- 4x Samsung 883-DCT 2TB SSDs for local storage ZFS pool (with 2x Optane NVMe cache)
- 3x PM863a 240GB SSDs for the OS
- always more RAM
- an OcuLink 4x to U.2 cable w/ Optane drive floating around somewhere
- Mellanox 50GbE QSFP28 NIC for RDMA fun

@dexter finally, we can continue the project with appropriate hardware

#homelab #power9 #ibm #freebsd #goodmorning #unpacking #servers #hardware #happiness

💻 Hello Old Friend, Talos II 💻

This was my first IBM POWER9 system, acquired in 2020 and built for home/desk use. Dual socket SMT4 Sforza, 144 threads, 256-512GB RAM, various storage/net/accelerators over the years. [1]

As expected, I fell in love and acquired four IBM Power System L922-2U [2], which are presently in the colo awaiting network rebuild (remote hands this time).

The Talos II has served a variety of purposes, with most of its time running FreeBSD PPC64le (&a bit of PPC64be for fun). Sometimes also Linux, back when I was tearing into qemu code for compiler optimization hypothesis testing, RTX GPU passthrough, +validating assumptions about qemu on P9/le handling amd64 & arm64 emulation.

So, out of storage! Into the rack! New user accounts! But first it needs updated OS drives (the 3x 64GB SATADOM in Raid-Z1 need to be repurposed), and a NIC (25G-DP CX-5 or X710-DA4).

- [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/POWER9#Raptor_Computing_Systems_/_Raptor_Engineering
- [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/POWER9#IBM

@dexter electricity comes next 🧠

#FreeBSD #Linux #POWER9 #PPC64le #IBM #RaptorTalos #FMT2 #colo #datacenter #onprem #homelab #hardware #engineering #goodtimes #sunday #meditation #whiteNoiseGeneratorsLulMeToSleep #WomenInTech #WomenInSTEM