Powerstation 370

[David Barnes]

Zane.. thats what I thought.. thanks for the info...


David Barnes

davebarnes AT adelphia DOT net
OpenVMS  , Tru64 , Solaris , Linux , OS X , SGI Irix


On Mar 21, 2006, at 10:59 PM, Zane H. Healy wrote:

> At 10:40 PM -0500 3/21/06, David Barnes wrote:
>> Hello all;
>>
>> I have been offered an RS/6000 Powerstation 370.    Not sure of  
>> whats in it yet... can anyone shed some light on this system?  Is  
>> it a decent machine for running latest AIX versions?
>
> It was *old* and slow when I had one on my desk in '96.  I've a  
> feeling you can easily pick something up more capable of running  
> the latest versions of AIX fairly cheap.  Someone else will have to  
> comment on if it can even run current AIX versions.
>
> While it was old and slow, it was rock solid, so I actually  
> resisted replacing it with a PC for about three years.
>
> 		Zane
>
>
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