From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (cthulhu.engr.sgi.com [192.26.80.2]) by neteng.engr.sgi.com (970321.SGI.8.8.5/960327.SGI.AUTOCF) via SMTP id NAA98299; Fri, 15 Aug 1997 13:37:04 -0700 (PDT) Return-Path: Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (950413.SGI.8.6.12/960327.SGI.AUTOCF) id NAA07174 for linux-list; Fri, 15 Aug 1997 13:36:46 -0700 Received: from dragon.engr.sgi.com (dragon.engr.sgi.com [150.166.65.33]) by cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (950413.SGI.8.6.12/960327.SGI.AUTOCF) via ESMTP id NAA07123; Fri, 15 Aug 1997 13:36:38 -0700 Received: (from sr@localhost) by dragon.engr.sgi.com (970321.SGI.8.8.5/970502.SGI.AUTOCF) id NAA03360; Fri, 15 Aug 1997 13:36:37 -0700 (PDT) From: sr@dragon.engr.sgi.com (Steve Rikli) Message-Id: <199708152036.NAA03360@dragon.engr.sgi.com> Subject: Re: Power Series? To: shaver@neon.ingenia.ca (Mike Shaver) Date: Fri, 15 Aug 1997 13:36:37 -0700 (PDT) Cc: linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com In-Reply-To: <199708152020.QAA24149@neon.ingenia.ca> from "Mike Shaver" at Aug 15, 97 04:20:45 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24 ME5a] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com Precedence: bulk Mike Shaver wrote: > > Are the Power Series boxes of interest to me? =) > I may be able to get my hands on a 3-processor fridge-sized Power > Series something, and if it's a MIPS system, I just might give it a > shot. They're respectable machines, depending on the flavor/color. ;) Are you sure it's really 3p ? Most of the fridge-sized POWER Series (you might also hear them referred to as "Predators" or "4D" systems) had CPU cards which were 2p each, up to a max (AFAIK) of 8p per system. Though there was the 4D/210GTX which were sold in droves, from what I hear. In general, the 4D/XX0 nomenclature works like this: 4D/340 == 4 33MHz R3000 CPUs 4D/480 == 8 40MHz R3000 CPUs etc. You get the idea. Also in general, the fridge-sized POWER Series cards were/are compatible with the deskside POWER Series, though there were backplane differences (primarily just the # of slots available, but there were a few other subtleties). Personally, I'd *love* to see Linux running on the POWER series, since I can likely get my hands on a deskside 4D/440 pretty easily. ;-) If you need more info about the configuration of the POWER series systems/chassis let me know and I might be able to help out. cheers, sr. -- || Steve Rikli ||| The problem with life is there's no || || Systems Administrator ||| entry fee to keep out the riffraff. || || NSD, EIS Infrastructure ||| || || Silicon Graphics, Inc. ||| - Calvin || From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: From: sr@dragon.engr.sgi.com (Steve Rikli) Message-ID: <199708152036.NAA03360@dragon.engr.sgi.com> Subject: Re: Power Series? Date: Fri, 15 Aug 1997 13:36:37 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <199708152020.QAA24149@neon.ingenia.ca> from "Mike Shaver" at Aug 15, 97 04:20:45 pm MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com To: Mike Shaver Cc: linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com Message-ID: <19970815203637.AzsLBOx9YhRX7DqmmAYGARcfsErVyNhyNPsBKNpvPqk@z> Mike Shaver wrote: > > Are the Power Series boxes of interest to me? =) > I may be able to get my hands on a 3-processor fridge-sized Power > Series something, and if it's a MIPS system, I just might give it a > shot. They're respectable machines, depending on the flavor/color. ;) Are you sure it's really 3p ? Most of the fridge-sized POWER Series (you might also hear them referred to as "Predators" or "4D" systems) had CPU cards which were 2p each, up to a max (AFAIK) of 8p per system. Though there was the 4D/210GTX which were sold in droves, from what I hear. In general, the 4D/XX0 nomenclature works like this: 4D/340 == 4 33MHz R3000 CPUs 4D/480 == 8 40MHz R3000 CPUs etc. You get the idea. Also in general, the fridge-sized POWER Series cards were/are compatible with the deskside POWER Series, though there were backplane differences (primarily just the # of slots available, but there were a few other subtleties). Personally, I'd *love* to see Linux running on the POWER series, since I can likely get my hands on a deskside 4D/440 pretty easily. ;-) If you need more info about the configuration of the POWER series systems/chassis let me know and I might be able to help out. cheers, sr. -- || Steve Rikli ||| The problem with life is there's no || || Systems Administrator ||| entry fee to keep out the riffraff. || || NSD, EIS Infrastructure ||| || || Silicon Graphics, Inc. ||| - Calvin ||