[rescue] Movin' on up (long)

[Sridhar the POWERful]

On Mon, 22 Apr 2002, Chris Byrne wrote:

> Would you consider doing a HUGE post on the relative merits and
> relevant info of IBM hardware? There's a lot of it coming available
> recently and a lot of interest in ti, and you are clearly the best man
> for the job. Or maybe an article for one of the many domains Bill
> runs?

Sorta like the Sun Hardware Reference, except for RS/6000's you mean?  I'd
be happy to.  Ping me again in a few days, and I should have some more
time.

Peace...  Sridhar

> > On Mon, 22 Apr 2002, Jonathan C. Patschke wrote:
> >
> > > I'd consider a multiprocessor RS/6000 (as both they and the Suns have
> > > great bang/buck), but I'm just starting to learn AIX, and I'm
> > > comfortable with Solaris.  Also, I have a SunPCi (which I may swap out
> > > for a SunPCi II, should people start paying me enough for Win32
> > > development for it to be justifiable) for Windows development.
> >
> > Don't bother with a multiprocessor RS/6000.  Get a 397.  They've been seen
> > around for about $500 lately with a half a gig of RAM, and it's a single
> > processor POWER2SC 160MHz.  This doesn't sound like much, but it is
> > roughly the speed of a dual-processor 300MHz UltraSPARC-based system, the
> > multiprocessor RS/6000's you'll find at a reasonable price will likely be
> > dual-processor PowerPC 604e's, and a single POWER2SC will be faster.  Get
> > a pair of GT4xi's and you have yourself a fast system with a small
> > footprint and good graphics.
> >
> > Peace...  Sridhar
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