[Cialug] Free hardware

[Nathan C. Smith]

I feel old: hearing about a retiring AlphaServer and being surprised it has USB ports.

-Nate

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> From: cialug-bounces at cialug.org 
> [mailto:cialug-bounces at cialug.org] On Behalf Of Daniel A. Ramaley
> Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2009 1:57 PM
> To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group
> Subject: [Cialug] Free hardware
> 
> We're decommissioning another server. For those familiar with 
> Drake, it is Acad3, otherwise previously known by aliases 
> related to e-mail: pop, mail, smtp, etc. There are 2 main 
> components that we are giving away either separately or together:
> 
> An external drive array with twenty-four 18 GB disks. Two of 
> them are blinking, suggesting they are bad.
> 
> An AlphaServer ES40. I don't know the exact specs, but i 
> recall that it has multiple CPUs, many GB of RAM (on the 
> order of 12 to 16 GB), and six 36 GB disks. It currently runs 
> VMS, but should be able to run Linux or *BSD without any 
> problem. It has floppy drive, CD drive, PS/2 ports for 
> keyboard and mouse, USB, but no VGA. It uses an Ampex dumb 
> terminal for basic I/O; at your option you are welcome to 
> take the terminal. I haven't opened the machine, but suspect 
> most PCI video cards would work if you wanted to get a 
> monitor connected.
> 
> Currently the disk array is being wiped. After that, we'll 
> wipe the internal disks in the machine. After that, it is 
> free for the taking. 
> If interested, please e-mail me. Off-list to avoid clutter is fine.
> 
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