Date: Sun, 5 Mar 2006 18:49:48 +1100 From: jonathan michaels <jlm@caamora.com.au> To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: digital 2100A Server Model 500MP Message-ID: <20060305184948.09222@caamora.com.au>
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i've just aquired a beastie as per the subject line, it identifies itself as a 4/275 on teh operators control panel, it "show config" reports some 256 mb dram (two x 128) a scsi cdrom, a floppy disk drive, some sort of vga it is responding to a ps/2 keyboard and mouse combination out of an intel/ms win nt box, oh it has a 10 (i suppose) mhz ethernet chip its pal code is some 1998 drom memory .. i fired it up saterday week ago when it arived and its been dormant ever since. tomany other things to organise live to live stuff like that. i also got some paper work with it as well, some 2 inches of a digital document print job that i've scanned, most of it makes no sence beyound hose one being eisa and i have no eisa hardware. it has i think a storageworks RAID configuration on board as well as dual power suplies (redundant powersupplies). when i pluged it in (the bottom one) both sets of fans started up but only the bottom dc line light ligted up (green) i pluged in teh top 240 ac recepticle and nothing happend when i turned on teh relevent switches. it boots ot teh herring bone prompt, given that i could see teh show config stuff ... redundant jonathan, sorry. i'm hoping to replace some 3 small (various 386/486 pentium p5 vintage) machines and upgrade from freebsd v2.2.7-release to freebsd v6.0-release and given that the serial port might have ns16550af whatever uarts upgrade my 9600 baud modem to something a bit more chirpie like the usrobotics sprtster i've had waiting in teh wings for several years, till i got some decent uarts, sorta grin. i've tallied up teh 220w psupplies in teh replaced machines and it doent come up to the 1k2 watt but come realllly close to be almost negligable (to this pennypincher welfare bean counter survivalist, grin of sorts). any war stories, good bad, take it to teh tip, leave it outside for teh sparrows to nest in teh RAID slots, by teh way it has 3 4g3 seagate inserts and teh paper work mentions that these should be filled with matched pairs other wise nasty things might happen, some explanations would be appreciated, most please regarding information on this point. this is my first forey into "real computers", also i hope to be getting 3 to 5 more of those "storageworks" briquettes hard drive thingies sooner or latter sorry i've wandered a bit my pills (teh little red ones) have been buzzing up a bit of a storm lately and my brain is a bit confused at teh moment .. sorry. information, sugestions somesort of a small repository (ok given teh 33k6 symetrical network connection, my account is a wonderful permanent modem dilup type account with sort of all that i can push fro free type of account .. i've been thinking of setting up a repository for software/information/patches to bsd (mainly freebsd) for addition of usability features for disabled peoples bsd problems etc, etc. as well as a web site for people with broken endocrine/pituitary/hypothalamus type medical issues. given that i have these things myself i thought that it might be a a way to highten public awarness of same. of list stuff would be muchly appreciated, i would really like to make this system resource available as it would clean up some of teh scare mongering that makes us funny looking peoples somewhat frightening at times ... not all monsters are scarey ghouls .. grin. with most kind appreciations and sincere gratitude warm regards jonathan -- ================================================================ powered by .. QNX, OS9 and freeBSD -- http://caamora com au/operating system ==== === appropriate solution in an inappropriate world === ====
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