88k systems, was Re: PowerStack manuals, info

[Steven M Jones]

jeff.kaneko at juno.com wrote:
> 
> -- Steven M Jones <classiccmp at crash.com> wrote:
>> Appreciate the suggestion. I already have a few deskside 
>> 88k AViiONs buried in storage, 
> 
> Cool!  Which model(s)?

Something like a 4300 or two, a pair of AV530 at least one of which has 
dual CPUs, and an AV5500 (I think) deskside unit with at least one 88110 
complex. I'm sure that by the time I get them out of storage all the 
NVRAM batteries will have died, and the machines may be useless at that 
point. IIRC r. bear stricklin was collecting an archive of EEPROM/NVRAM 
images and I sent one or two in, hopefully that archive will be 
available if and when...

>> an ADP-badged M8120, 
> 
> The Shoebox! Looks like OpenBSD kinda-sorta works on this
> one . . .

Yeah, from what I can see at m88k.org and badabada.com it's supported. I 
got the main unit and a peripheral box, but the front plastic panels had 
been broken off of both units.

>> and one of the OMRON Luna 88k SMP workstations. That last just 
>> popped up on eBay one day so I grabbed it 
> 
> You lucky dog!  These are the rarest of the 88k systems (unless
> you also consider the nearly-mythical 88k NextStation).

I was fortunate, it was more than five years ago now, and it cost me 
under $150 shipped and insured. Sorry to brag, but don't worry -- I've 
burned many tens of thousands of dollars on poor car purchases so fate 
has made sure I'm not ahead of the game overall.

 > ISTR a LUNA appeared or E-bay a couple of years ago.  Was yours that
> one?

I haven't noticed any other LUNA's of any flavor on eBay. But in the 
interest of making mortgage payments I try not to look very often...

--S.