Almost forgot. In another location are 5 to 6 DEC disk arrays, most filled with 14 disks. 3 went with one of the DSs, thats why the dual SCSI cards. There are at least 20-40 loose disks from 36 to 300 GB. Some never used, boxes of SCSI cables etc.
It will just take time. -pete On Wed, Apr 25, 2018 at 7:32 AM, Pete Lancashire <[email protected]> wrote: > I am glad they got rescued. > > On the Alpha stuff, I will over the next month, put all the Tru64 and > OpenVMS CD sets, documentation and hardware licenses into on pile. > > I would like to find a destination that will / can redistribute the CD's > etc. I don't want to them and the licenses get > put into the hands of one individual and never to be seen again. > > Suggestions ? > > -pete > > On Tue, Apr 24, 2018 at 4:33 PM, Alan Perry via cctalk < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> For those follow the rescue of equipment from Pete Lancashire's place >> outside of Portland ... >> >> I went out there last Friday. Pete was unavailable, so a friend of his >> let me and showed me where to avoid stepping. >> >> The amount of stuff there was impressive/amazing/overwhelming. Aside >> from the test equipment and old telecom equipment that was pointed out when >> I was shown around, it was hard to focus on one thing because I would >> immediately see something else interesting that grabbed my attention. >> >> I picked up seven Sun SPARC systems and three Compaq-branded Alpha >> systems. >> >> The Alpha systems all went to a local (Seattle) person who is talking to >> Bill Gunshannon about possibly getting one out to him. One of the Alphas >> was a DS20 deskside and I never figured out what the other two were. They >> were narrower and longer than the DS20. There were also some loose 72G >> Ultra3 SCSI HDDs. >> >> The Suns were a SS1, SS2, two SS5s (one with a Netra top cover), two >> SS20s (one with its cover removed and MBus card and memory lying near it) >> and a SS1+ "prototype". I am keeping the SS1+ and a SS5. I have found a >> home for a couple more of them and will be looking for a home for the rest. >> >> The SS20s are the most problematic. As you would expect from a system >> with its top cover missing, one of the SS20s does not display any >> diagnostic output or get to the OBP prompt after being powered on. The >> "good" one displays a "replace motherboard" message while going through its >> diagnostics. >> >> Also, as you might expect, the one called a prototype was the most >> interesting to me. I am a long-time Sun employee and, while I wasn't around >> when the SS1+ was developed, I know people who were. It isn't like any >> prototype that they knew of. Still trying to figure out exactly what it is. >> The top cover is metal and slides over the chassis (not plastic and pivots >> into place like a SS1+. There are no external markings on it. It has a Sun >> SS1+ motherboard, Sun0424 HDDs, and uses SS1/SS1+/SS2 HDD carriers, but has >> a Sony (not Sun) labeled power supply. >> >> As far as the 029 keypunch, it is still there. There was some confusion >> and the people who were supposed to come get it didn't. I have described to >> them where it is and how I would go about removing it. >> >> alan >> >> >> >
