Sparcstation Voyager free to good home

[Phil Stracchino-3]

Title says it all.  Realistically, the chances of me actually using it
for anything are somewhere between zero and nil.  Floppy drive may need
replacement; all works otherwise.  I started installing OpenBSD on it
but discovered the internal disk isn't big enough to hold the ports tree.

Pick up locally (03249, Gilford NH) or cover shipping cost.



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[Dave Fischer]

alaric@... writes:

>Title says it all.  Realistically, the chances of me actually using it
>for anything are somewhere between zero and nil.  Floppy drive may need
>replacement; all works otherwise.  I started installing OpenBSD on it
>but discovered the internal disk isn't big enough to hold the ports tree.

I was using one as an x-terminal earlier this year, and it was
very nice. Still a usable machine. (Booted over the lan, with local
swap.)

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[der Mouse-3]

>> I started installing OpenBSD on [a Voyager] but discovered the
>> internal disk isn't big enough to hold the ports tree.
> I was using one as an x-terminal earlier this year, and it was very
> nice.  Still a usable machine.  (Booted over the lan, with local
> swap.)

I have one and find that at least one model of SCSI/IDE glue board
allows me to put a moderately large (from a Voyager perspective) disk
in it.  Suddenly it becomes a fully usable machine.

                                        Mouse
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[Phil Stracchino-3]

der Mouse wrote:
>>> I started installing OpenBSD on [a Voyager] but discovered the
>>> internal disk isn't big enough to hold the ports tree.
>> I was using one as an x-terminal earlier this year, and it was very
>> nice.  Still a usable machine.  (Booted over the lan, with local
>> swap.)
>
> I have one and find that at least one model of SCSI/IDE glue board
> allows me to put a moderately large (from a Voyager perspective) disk
> in it.  Suddenly it becomes a fully usable machine.

Disk performance and capacity is part of why I abandoned it.  Not only
did it fill up the disk trying to unpack the ports tree, but just
*deleting* the incomplete ports tree was taking hours.


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[Phil Stracchino-3]

Claimed about six times over.  I should have posted it claimed earlier,
but I didn't expect so much interest.  :)

Later on I'll be offering a couple of U5s and an almost-fully-loaded U2,
among other things, and sooner or later I'll be looking for a new home
for my U30 and its two U-SCSI 711s too...



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[Sandwich Maker]

" From: Phil Stracchino <alaric@...>
"
" []
"
" and sooner or later I'll be looking for a new home
" for my U30 and its two U-SCSI 711s too...

<waves hand frantically>  oooh!  oooh!  meee!  meee!

<trying to appear calm>  i'll be glad to take them when you're ready.
i can probably even manage a road trip to pick them up.
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[John Ruschmeyer]

On 10/9/09 6:23 PM, "Phil Stracchino" <alaric@...> wrote:

> Later on I'll be offering a couple of U5s and an almost-fully-loaded U2,
> among other things, and sooner or later I'll be looking for a new home
> for my U30 and its two U-SCSI 711s too...

I was thinking that I would definitely be interested in a FTGH U5.

John
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[Phil Stracchino-3]

Sandwich Maker wrote:

> " From: Phil Stracchino <alaric@...>
> "
> " []
> "
> " and sooner or later I'll be looking for a new home
> " for my U30 and its two U-SCSI 711s too...
>
> <waves hand frantically>  oooh!  oooh!  meee!  meee!
>
> <trying to appear calm>  i'll be glad to take them when you're ready.
> i can probably even manage a road trip to pick them up.

That'd certainly save a pile of shipping.  Actually, I could retire them
right now if I could get my hands on a new LTO drive.  (Mine has failed,
and I can't afford to replace it right now ... unfortunately I can't
afford a new one, and used ones never seem to last more than a year or two.)



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[Sandwich Maker]

" From: Phil Stracchino <alaric@...>
"
" Sandwich Maker wrote:
" > " From: Phil Stracchino <alaric@...>
" > "
" > " []
" > "
" > " and sooner or later I'll be looking for a new home
" > " for my U30 and its two U-SCSI 711s too...
" >
" > <waves hand frantically>  oooh!  oooh!  meee!  meee!
" >
" > <trying to appear calm>  i'll be glad to take them when you're ready.
" > i can probably even manage a road trip to pick them up.
"
" That'd certainly save a pile of shipping.  Actually, I could retire them
" right now if I could get my hands on a new LTO drive.  (Mine has failed,
" and I can't afford to replace it right now ... unfortunately I can't
" afford a new one, and used ones never seem to last more than a year or two.)

i'm not likely to stumble across an lto any time soon, but if
lightning strikes i'll let you know soonest.
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[Phil Stracchino-3]

Sandwich Maker wrote:
> " From: Phil Stracchino <alaric@...>
> " That'd certainly save a pile of shipping.  Actually, I could retire them
> " right now if I could get my hands on a new LTO drive.  (Mine has failed,
> " and I can't afford to replace it right now ... unfortunately I can't
> " afford a new one, and used ones never seem to last more than a year or two.)
>
> i'm not likely to stumble across an lto any time soon, but if
> lightning strikes i'll let you know soonest.

What I'd really like to be able to do is have the drive connected to the
server in my rack in the deckhouse (to simplify backup management), but
have the drive itself inside on my desk for easy tape swapping and to
keep it in a more controlled environment.  (The deckhouse gets below the
dew point at times in spring and fall, and gets down to about 40 degrees
in winter.)  Unfortunately I don't currently see any way to do that at
present unless I could connect the drive via fiber, which means it has
to live on my workstation instead, which is convenient for tape changes
but means that I can't do disk-to-disk-to-tape migration or any of
several other things I'd like to learn and do.


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