Looking at Ebay it seems old RS/6000 have become expensive... A Working 7012-390 is certainly rare, they were finicky beasts. I have a 7012-3AT (very similar to the 390) and it's failing diag in weird ways. I've seen a few 390/3AT/3BT/3CT and all of them had similar issues.
If you just want a nice machine to run old AIX, try to find a 7011-250 or any of the 7012 series (especially the later ones like 360/370/380). If it doesn't have to be AIX 3.x, get a 7043-43P or 7046-B50. On Mon, Nov 5, 2018 at 5:35 AM Benjamin Huntsman via cctalk < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi there! > > I don't usually see much discussion on old IBM boxes, but I was looking > for a reasonably-powerful RS/6000 that can run AIX 4.1 and maybe 3.2.5, can > accommodate some decent disks, and isn't 200lbs. The 7012-390 looks > perfect, but I found this one on eBay: > https://www.ebay.com/itm/IBM-7012-390-POWER2-512MB-Memory-1GB-SCSI-2-Disk-Drive-CD-Base-Features-RS6000/272362237797?epid=1604049867&hash=item3f6a0def65:g:aJQAAOSwHnFVmutE:rk:1:pf:1 > > > Are 7012-390's really worth $3,000? Anyone out there have one they'd > like to unload for less than 3 grand? :P > > > Thanks! > > > -Ben > > > >
