Re: Free Sun 3/470 (sun3x) stuff

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I have a 3/460 and a 3/470.
I would be happy to give the processor and memory boards a home.

I donated a set of boards like this to NetBSD. Are these the ones that I
donated?


On Sat, Jul 26, 2014 at 12:17 PM, Jeremy Cooper <[email protected]> wrote:

> I have the parts to a full 3/470 "Pegasus" machine ready to give away or
> it will have to be recycled. I never got a chance to learn all the names of
> these pieces, nor their exact part numbers. They include:
>
> * A 12-slot desk-side 9U (three connector) VME chasis. It is not the
>   original Sun chasis, it's a clone.
>
> * About five memory boards.
>
> * 3/470 "3400" main CPU board
>
> * A couple of SCSI boards
>
> * A color framebuffer board.
>
> There are a couple of interesting feature on this sun3x machine that never
> made it into NetBSD: the block copy accelerator and the page-zeroing
> accelerator. It would be great if some kind NetBSD developer could take
> this machine and use it to incorporate support for these devices into
> NetBSD/sun3x, but I will gladly give the machine, or parts, to anyone who
> asks.
>
> The machine is located in the Northern San Francisco Bay Area. I can drive
> the chasis around the Bay Area (but no further). The boards, which are
> perhaps more rare, still have their most recent shipping boxes and
> packaging. These I will ship to anywhere in the US or Canada for free.
>
> If you aren't interested in this hardware but know someone who might be,
> please forward this message to them.
>
> Thanks!
> -Jeremy
>



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Michael Thompson

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div>I have a 3/460 and a 3/470.</div><div>I would be happ=
y to give the processor and memory boards a home.=C2=A0</div><div><br></div=
>I donated a set of boards like this to NetBSD. Are these the ones that I d=
onated?</div>
<div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Sat, Jul 2=
6, 2014 at 12:17 PM, Jeremy Cooper <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:=
[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>&gt;</span> wrote=
:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-le=
ft:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
I have the parts to a full 3/470 &quot;Pegasus&quot; machine ready to give =
away or it will have to be recycled. I never got a chance to learn all the =
names of these pieces, nor their exact part numbers. They include:<br>
<br>
* A 12-slot desk-side 9U (three connector) VME chasis. It is not the<br>
=C2=A0 original Sun chasis, it&#39;s a clone.<br>
<br>
* About five memory boards.<br>
<br>
* 3/470 &quot;3400&quot; main CPU board<br>
<br>
* A couple of SCSI boards<br>
<br>
* A color framebuffer board.<br>
<br>
There are a couple of interesting feature on this sun3x machine that never =
made it into NetBSD: the block copy accelerator and the page-zeroing accele=
rator. It would be great if some kind NetBSD developer could take this mach=
ine and use it to incorporate support for these devices into NetBSD/sun3x, =
but I will gladly give the machine, or parts, to anyone who asks.<br>

<br>
The machine is located in the Northern San Francisco Bay Area. I can drive =
the chasis around the Bay Area (but no further). The boards, which are perh=
aps more rare, still have their most recent shipping boxes and packaging. T=
hese I will ship to anywhere in the US or Canada for free.<br>

<br>
If you aren&#39;t interested in this hardware but know someone who might be=
, please forward this message to them.<br>
<br>
Thanks!<span class=3D"HOEnZb"><font color=3D"#888888"><br>
-Jeremy<br>
</font></span></blockquote></div><br><br clear=3D"all"><div><br></div>-- <b=
r>Michael Thompson
</div>

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