[HECnet] HP Integrity

[Kari Uusim ki]

Forgot to mention that the graphics adapter support on Itanium machines is really limited. There's a good article on that at the Hoff site:
http://labs.hoffmanlabs.com/node/46


Regards,

Kari



On 9.6.2012 18:52, Kari Uusim  ki wrote:


There's one rx2600 on Ebay right now, check item #200773544925.
That's as cheap as it gets.
It is exactly the same as zx6000 except for the I/O card cage and the fans.

Almost all Itanium machines can run VMS.
See http://h71000.www7.hp.com/openvms/hw_supportchart.html

The workstation models are unfortunately rare. Sometimes you might find
one on Ebay. The advantage of the workstation models are that the fans
are more quiet than the server models have.


Regards,

Kari




On 9.6.2012 18:16, Rob Jarratt wrote:
I occasionally think about getting some kind of Itanium to run VMS on. I
know zero about these machine, what models would people suggest that I
might
be able to buy at hobbyist prices?

Regards

Rob

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On 9 Jun 2012, at 15:18, Kari Uusim  ki wrote:

I had a problem with lacking memory (1GB) on my zx6000

Itanium machines do demand a LOT of RAM. I can only assume the
assembly language/machine code is very inefficient ;)

but then I dug into a scrap pile of HP blades (BL20p) and found memory
which had the same parameters as a zx6000/rx2600 needs. Decided to test
and to my big surprise I found out that the blade memory worked in the
zx6000. Now I have enough memory.

Yeah, a lot of HP gear of the same era uses the RAM

This is more like a nice to know post for everybody.

Indeed. I more wanted to let folks know I can provide the spares on a
sale
or
trade basis at community pricing (i.e. cheap) as they are still very
expensive
from most sources.

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