Sparc 10

csimoncsimon Acadiana Icrontian
edited November 2003 in Folding@Home
I have access to a buttload of old Sparc 10's and a server or two ...I don't know anything about the equipment but if anyone (mtgoat) is interested in a farm they are welcome to it ...I haven't surveyed everything but I would say there are at least 3 workstations. Let me know.

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  • t1rhinot1rhino Toronto
    edited November 2003
    You are getting rid of them??? Why don't you see if you can get them folding!!!
  • KwitkoKwitko Sheriff of Banning (Retired) By the thing near the stuff Icrontian
    edited November 2003
    I'd love one to turn into a webserver. I have a SPARCStation5, but it's not working right.
  • t1rhinot1rhino Toronto
    edited November 2003
    Don't they eat up a lot of power compared to AMD/Intel chips?
  • csimoncsimon Acadiana Icrontian
    edited November 2003
    probably ...I don't have the resources to get them turned on much less folding ...but they were donated to the school and real soon they will go out to the dumpster ...so if anyone wants them they need to get them soon.
    The reason I mentioned mtgoat is because he mentioned a farm and I figured on his budget this might be right up his alley or at least a place to start.
    Also and most importantly ...he lives only a few hours away as I am not even gonna ship this stuff! lol
    Oh yeah ...and also because Tex live so close to larry he could this thing going within a few days I'm sure.
  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited November 2003
    Getting folding running on an UltraSparc would be quite a challenge and it would run pretty slowly, I'm sure.

    Damn too bad you won't ship them, I'd like a couple! :(
  • csimoncsimon Acadiana Icrontian
    edited November 2003
    well ...I've PMed mtgoat ...my first step is to see if tex would help him set this up. Also ...once it's out of my hands then perhaps you can work something out with larry and tex!
  • BuddyJBuddyJ Dept. of Propaganda OKC Icrontian
    edited November 2003
    Me and Garg's school surplesses Sparcs and SGIs all the time. Garg and I have picked up some old ones but haven't done anything with them. We kinda figured they'd be fun to casemod some day...
  • a2jfreaka2jfreak Houston, TX Member
    edited November 2003
    If I thought I could turn a profit on ebay I would buy them from you, csimon. Perhaps you should put them on ebay if no one here is interested.
  • GargGarg Purveyor of Lincoln Nightmares Icrontian
    edited November 2003
    I'd love one, but I'm sure Buddy J would beat me with it. We've both almost broke a toe on the SGI I had sitting in the middle of the floor.

    I have a Sparcstation 4, but it didn't come with the RAM. Probably wouldn't have been useful for anything anyway (it ran around 100mhz), but the case is crying out for some 1U-style modding :D
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