No, but they are fairly large, and have full height hard disk drives, and a big 20" monitor.... Im certain they consume much more current than the average desktop computer... I wouldnt even know where to find out their consumption, but if thats an issue for you, you probably dont want them (since you could likely run a few 1 ghz boxes on less power than one of these guys!)
Jamie On Sunday 31 March 2002 12:19, you wrote: > Any idea what the power rating is, or what the normal-use wattage drain > is? > > On Sun, 2002-03-31 at 12:14, Linux Rocks ! wrote: > > I went and checked out these machines.... I wanted to take them home, but > > they wont fit in my car... much less my room. Ill describe them for those > > that may be interested in them. > > > > The cases if stacked on top of each other are about the size of a filing > > cabinet. Each computer has: > > Network, Video, Hard Disks (full height, 1 gig). powersupplys.68040 CPU > > One machine has 32 megs ram, the other has 80 megs. both are running > > HP-UX. The each have atleast 1 one gig drive, atleast one has a few 1 gig > > drives(5 MB/s SCSI (50 pin)) > > He has 2 extra cases, one of which has lots of spare parts > > there is 1 20" fixed frequency monitor, but both computers have RGB video > > and cables for it. > > They run, look good (but big!) and can be made into a desk (with one > > comptuer on each side) . > > He doesnt know the root password for either machine, so a bit of hacking > > will be required if you use the HP-UX (I think its version 9 or 7, they > > even come with the install tapes (but no tape drive), and manuals (lots > > of manuals!) The BIOS date is 1990, but the manuals are from 1986, so Im > > guessing the macihnes are from somewhere in between 1986 and 1990. > > > > I didnt get to do much with them, since we didnt know any password to > > login, but they do run a gui (X?), and the 20" monitor is sweet (but also > > very large!). > > > > It would be really nice if a LUG member took these things and we could > > play with them sometime, but alas, I do not have that much space.... > > Chuck was very helpful, and would probably be able to help if we needed > > something for them (he knows their entire history... ) > > > > Jamie > > > > On Friday 29 March 2002 21:16, you wrote: > > > On Fri, Mar 29, 2002 at 05:32:22PM -0800, Larry Price wrote: > > > >What I know, debian and netbsd ports are available; these are > > > > relatively muscular machines using a non-pc (risc) architecture. > > > > > > 9000s300? Those dudes are 68k based... It's the s700 workstations and > > > s800 business-class servers that had the HP-PA RISC CPUs in them. > > > > > > I guess it depends on what you mean by "muscular". The 380 was, I > > > believe, the last of the s300 machines and had a 50MHz 68040 CPU in it. > > > They were pretty hot machines back in the '80s, but 5 year old PCs > > > pretty much kick it's butt... > > > > > > If by "muscular" you mean "big and heavy and will give you a workout if > > > you have to move it", I'd have to agree. ;-) > > > > > > Sean
