On Monday 12 March 2007 09:18:38 you wrote: > Robert Urban wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > Hi Folks, > > > > a friend is in about to scrap several ES40 Alpha servers. The > > approximate configuration is: > > > > - - 4x CPUs (533MHz maybe, 833 is unlikely) > > - - several gigs of memory (4?) > > - - 1 or 2 SCSI controllers > > > > these things weigh a ton and suck power. you have been warned :) > > There are three hot-swap power supply bays in the back, two of > > which must be populated to support 4 CPUs. Each PS is rated at > > 720W. > > > > Aside from the their appetite for power, these were, in their day, > > some of the nicest alphas DEC ever built. The CPUs are connected > > to a 5.2GB/sec crossbar switch which made this machine scream. > > > > I can make the specs available if anyone is interested... > > > > cheers, > > > > Rob Urban > > This thread is useless without pictures! > > ;-)
If nobody has the room for this beauty I could host her for the OpenBSD project. It'll be a non-privileged ssh connection to some host that has a serial connection to the ES40. In that way the developers have full access to the firmware and possible root privileges. Cheers, Pascal [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type application/pgp-signature]
