Is there a Beer meeting this week and where? Sam. Adam Maloney wrote: >Yes, I have 2 SS-1's and 1 SS-2. I believe all 3 of them work, they just >need drives. > > >On Wed, 15 Oct 2003, Sam MacDonald wrote: > > > >>Did you ever find the SS-1 or 2's? >> >> >> >>-------- Original Message -------- >>Subject: Re: [TCLUG] Hard Disk >>Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2003 12:05:12 -0500 >>From: Sam MacDonald <smac at visi.com> >>To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org >>References: <3F89AA51.5050708 at visi.com> >><3F89C221.8030208 at ToyotaVans.OrG> <1066053319.543.33.camel at unixws1> >><3F8ABDCC.9030901 at visi.com> <1066058407.543.58.camel at unixws1> >> >> >> >>Sounds like fun! >>Let me know if, when, and where! :-) >> >>Sam >> >>Adam Maloney wrote: >> >> >> >>>Looks like my SS-20 may survive after-all, but if you really want to do >>>this I think I have 3-4 SS-1 and SS-2 pizza boxes laying around, if I >>>haven't already junked them. >>> >>>On Mon, 2003-10-13 at 09:59, Sam MacDonald wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>I'm not working at present but an SS20 case would be cool! :-) >>>> >>>>Could do a full conversion on it just for fun. I put a pentium system >>>>in a dead IIsi once, drove several people a little crazy. Something >>>>about calling Steve Job's, havening me strung up, and must be on satans >>>>side... ;-) >>>> >>>>If anyone wants to get rid of an old sparq system that would be fun. >>>> >>>>Adam Maloney wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>That reminds me. >>>>> >>>>>I have an SS-20 that died on me (SCSI controller on mainboard released >>>>>the magic blue smoke). If anyone wants to salvage any of the parts for >>>>>a really good price, please let me know. >>>>> >>>>>I believe I had: >>>>> >>>>>256MB RAM >>>>>(2) 90MHz Ross HyperSparc processors >>>>>(2) small (1 or 2GB) SCSI disks >>>>>(1) drivesled >>>>>(1) drivesled made of lego's, rubber bands, and a piece of paper* >>>>> >>>>>And obviously, the SS20 pizza box, NVRAM, and dead board >>>>> >>>>>*Piece of paper not included. Lego(tm) drivesled also compatible with >>>>>the IBM PS/2 and DEC Avanti systems. Lego is a registered trademark of >>>>>Lego Corporation, Denmark. May void warranty. Piece of paper may catch >>>>>fire. WARNING: Use of Lego drive-sled may attract Lego-men, Lego-women, >>>>>and Lego-horses, which could result in a small but advanced Lego >>>>>civilization forming in your computer. Safe and humane removal of Lego >>>>>villages is the customer's responsibility. >>>>> >>>>>I also seem to be stockpiling SBus framebuffers. I must have half a >>>>>dozen at least, and I've never bothered to purchase the Sun->VGA >>>>>adapter, so I've always just pulled them out of my boxes and threw them >>>>>into storage. >>>>> >>>>>I really got the shaft on this thing. I bought it at a really good >>>>>price a couple of years ago, and decided to double the ram and buy a >>>>>second processor for it. About 3 months after the upgrade the board >>>>>died. Rather than try and replace the board, I just moved to an Ultra >>>>>and left the SS20 in the closet. If anyone wants to try and find an >>>>>SS-20 board, I'll part with the system as-is cheap. Or if you know >>>>>where I can get a *really* good deal on the board myself, I may buy it >>>>>and resurrect the machine at home. >>>>> >>>>>On Sun, 2003-10-12 at 16:05, Michael H. Jentges wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>I likely have something in that range, but I think it cost me more like >>>>>>$30 from eBay, and I can sell it to a customer for that (eventually) so >>>>>>I can't see letting go for less. Whether that makes me stupid or not, I >>>>>>don't know but if you want to look at something like that just holler >>>>>>and I'll pillage the piles. Perhaps you have something to trade? IIRC, >>>>>>you had some stuff a while back? >>>>>> >>>>>>I could REALLY use some sparc5 bits and pieces. :) >>>>>> >>>>>>Drivesled(s) & RAM. Not a whole heap, these are just >>>>>>experimental/educational machines. >>>>>> >>>>>>BTW, does anyone know if they need a video card physically installed to >>>>>>run or does it blow by that because of the serial console thing? >>>>>> >>>>>>Thanks... >>>>>> >>>>>>-mj >>>>>> >>>>>>Sam MacDonald wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>>Does anyone have a 10 - 20 gig (used) hard disk? >>>>>>>I'll can pay $20 for it. I'm afraid the old SCSI disks in my machine >>>>>>>are going to die. >>>>>>> >>>>>>>Sam >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>_______________________________________________ >>>>>>>TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >>>>>>>http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org >>>>>>>https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>_______________________________________________ >>>>>>TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >>>>>>http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org >>>>>>https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>Adam Maloney >>>>>Systems Administrator >>>>>Sihope Communications >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>_______________________________________________ >>>>>TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >>>>>http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org >>>>>https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>_______________________________________________ >>>>TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >>>>http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org >>>>https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>_______________________________________________ >>>TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >>>http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org >>>https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >>http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org >>https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >> >> >> > >_______________________________________________ >TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org >https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list