[HECnet] HP Integrity

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 -----Original Message----- From: owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE [mailto:owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE] On Behalf Of Mark Benson Sent: 09 June 2012 15:39 To: hecnet at Update.UU.SE Subject: Re: [HECnet] HP Integrity 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. -- Mark Benson http://DECtec.info Twitter: @DECtecInfo HECnet: STAR69::MARK Online Resource & Mailing List for DEC Enthusiasts. .