On Monday 12 March 2007 09:18:38 you wrote:
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> Robert Urban wrote:
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> > Hi Folks,
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> > 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

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