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Ok, so while I set out to do regular progress reports in the past, I haven't been very good about it, but I'm trying again now.

I've finally got all of my hardware together at home now, it's all done up on some wire shelving, so that I can run more of it, in a smaller amount of space.

File server - Athlon XP 2200, 4x 80GB IDE (Linux MD RAID5), 100Mb ZIP drive
SCSI testbox - Pentium4 2.2Ghz, 1x 18.2Gb SCSI, 2x 9.1Gb SCSI
MyCable XXS1500 embedded system (AMD Au1500 CPU)
VIA C3 - low power testbox #1
VIA C3-2 - media testbox, with TV capture card + TV output
SGI Visual Workstation 320 - Dual Pentium3 550Mhz, 768Mb RAM, 9.1Gb SCSI, 250Mb ZIP drive.
LinkSys NSLU2
Sun UltraSPARC5
SGI Octane - R12k 300mhz, 576Mb, 9.1Gb SCSI, dual ESI graphics heads.
SGI O2 - R12k 300mhz, 512Mb, 9.1Gb SCSI

At the moment, I'm working on getting the VisWS going again. Back in the 2.4 days I did an identical machine, but that one is long gone. So far it's work writing a new bootloader.

For the record, it IS possible to get a real command prompt for the PROM console, by doing the following:
Go to "System Utilities", "Run Third-Party Program", Select "CDROM" as the source, and enter "Command Monitor" as the command name. You don't need any CD in, just do it, and it will bring up the ARC console.

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Date: 2005-08-06 10:53 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cielmer.livejournal.com
off topic...

Can you store those pictures we took at the bowling alley? I think it'd hurt more to see em than anything. Don't discard them or anything please..

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Date: 2005-08-09 08:15 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dreamking.livejournal.com
hey-o, remember me?

you don't happen to work with anything like this do you?

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Date: 2005-08-09 08:21 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] robbat2.livejournal.com
nope, never even heard of that stuff till now.

VIA C3s

Date: 2005-08-11 01:19 am (UTC)
From: (Anonymous)
What are the VIA-based systems and configurations you're using? I'm looking at getting something myself. Also, what do you know about epiOS (http://www.epios.net/)? I happened to come across them in my search for a quiet, SFF system, and according to one post on that site, they're Gentoo-based.

Re: VIA C3s

Date: 2005-08-11 07:25 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] robbat2.livejournal.com
The base C3 unit is the official reference board from VIA, CLE266 with the original C3 processor.

The C3-2 unit is a Soltek QBIC IQ3601 SFF box.

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