Did you ever find the SS-1 or 2's?



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Subject: 	Re: [TCLUG] Hard Disk
Date: 	Mon, 13 Oct 2003 12:05:12 -0500
From: 	Sam MacDonald <smac at visi.com>
To: 	tclug-list at mn-linux.org
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Sounds like fun!
Let me know if, when, and where!  :-)

Sam

Adam Maloney wrote:

>Looks like my SS-20 may survive after-all, but if you really want to do
>this I think I have 3-4 SS-1 and SS-2 pizza boxes laying around, if I
>haven't already junked them.
>
>On Mon, 2003-10-13 at 09:59, Sam MacDonald wrote:
>  
>
>>I'm not working at present but an SS20 case would be cool!   :-)
>>
>>Could do a full conversion on it just for fun.  I put a pentium system 
>>in a dead IIsi once, drove several people a little crazy.  Something 
>>about calling Steve Job's, havening me strung up, and must be on satans 
>>side... ;-)
>>
>>If anyone wants to get rid of an old sparq system that would be fun.
>>
>>Adam Maloney wrote:
>>
>>    
>>
>>>That reminds me.
>>>
>>>I have an SS-20 that died on me (SCSI controller on mainboard released
>>>the magic blue smoke).  If anyone wants to salvage any of the parts for
>>>a really good price, please let me know.  
>>>
>>>I believe I had:
>>>
>>>256MB RAM
>>>(2) 90MHz Ross HyperSparc processors
>>>(2) small (1 or 2GB) SCSI disks
>>>(1) drivesled
>>>(1) drivesled made of lego's, rubber bands, and a piece of paper*
>>>
>>>And obviously, the SS20 pizza box, NVRAM, and dead board
>>>
>>>*Piece of paper not included.  Lego(tm) drivesled also compatible with
>>>the IBM PS/2 and DEC Avanti systems.  Lego is a registered trademark of
>>>Lego Corporation, Denmark.  May void warranty.  Piece of paper may catch
>>>fire.  WARNING: Use of Lego drive-sled may attract Lego-men, Lego-women,
>>>and Lego-horses, which could result in a small but advanced Lego
>>>civilization forming in your computer.  Safe and humane removal of Lego
>>>villages is the customer's responsibility.
>>>
>>>I also seem to be stockpiling SBus framebuffers.  I must have half a
>>>dozen at least, and I've never bothered to purchase the Sun->VGA
>>>adapter, so I've always just pulled them out of my boxes and threw them
>>>into storage.
>>>
>>>I really got the shaft on this thing.  I bought it at a really good
>>>price a couple of years ago, and decided to double the ram and buy a
>>>second processor for it.  About 3 months after the upgrade the board
>>>died.  Rather than try and replace the board, I just moved to an Ultra
>>>and left the SS20 in the closet.  If anyone wants to try and find an
>>>SS-20 board, I'll part with the system as-is cheap.  Or if you know
>>>where I can get a *really* good deal on the board myself, I may buy it
>>>and resurrect the machine at home.
>>>
>>>On Sun, 2003-10-12 at 16:05, Michael H. Jentges wrote:
>>> 
>>>
>>>      
>>>
>>>>I likely have something in that range, but I think it cost me more like 
>>>>$30 from eBay, and I can sell it to a customer for that (eventually) so 
>>>>I can't see letting go for less.  Whether that makes me stupid or not, I 
>>>>don't know but if you want to look at something like that just holler 
>>>>and I'll pillage the piles. Perhaps you have something to trade? IIRC, 
>>>>you had some stuff a while back?
>>>>
>>>>I could REALLY use some sparc5 bits and pieces.   :)
>>>>
>>>>Drivesled(s) & RAM. Not a whole heap, these are just 
>>>>experimental/educational machines.
>>>>
>>>>BTW, does anyone know if they need a video card physically installed to 
>>>>run or does it blow by that because of the serial console thing?
>>>>
>>>>Thanks...
>>>>
>>>>-mj
>>>>
>>>>Sam MacDonald wrote:
>>>>
>>>>   
>>>>
>>>>        
>>>>
>>>>>Does anyone have a 10 - 20 gig (used) hard disk?
>>>>>I'll can pay $20 for it.  I'm afraid the old SCSI disks in my machine 
>>>>>are going to die.
>>>>>
>>>>>Sam
>>>>>
>>>>>
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>>>>
>>>Adam Maloney
>>>Systems Administrator
>>>Sihope Communications
>>>
>>>
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