[rescue] IBM PC RT

[Cory Smelosky]

Oh - they're all disk images and pdfs and tarballs ;)

On Mon, Aug 15, 2016, at 18:35, John Hudak wrote:
> thank you!  just got to get the machine now....spousal unit will flip
> out...but...such is life...lol
> 
> 
> On Mon, Aug 15, 2016 at 6:19 PM, Cory Smelosky <b4 at gewt.net> wrote:
> 
> > I have AOS resources and additional RT stuff stashed if you need it.
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> > > On Aug 15, 2016, at 14:34, John Hudak <jjhudak at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > For free?  <wild thrashing and banging of head>
> > > I used a 6150 with AOS and then later the RS6000 for some hw arch
> > research
> > > work....I really liked the 6000...the hw arch enhancements were unmatch
> > for
> > > their time...Would like to find one of them somewhere....
> > >
> > > Oh well.  My docs and OS disks are long gone...I just have a stack of
> > some
> > > IBM research reports...
> > >
> > > Sorry I can't be more helpful
> > >
> > > J
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >> On Mon, Aug 15, 2016 at 5:07 PM, Bill Bradford <mrbill at mrbill.net>
> > wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> On Thu, Jul 28, 2016 at 10:56:27PM -0500, Bill Braskey wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>> I have what appears to be a complete IBM PC RT (Model 6150)
> > >>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_6150_RT>, minus an OS and
> > monitor.  It
> > >>> even has the external SCSI tape drive & 5.25" floppy drive.  I rescued
> > it
> > >>> several years ago in a random check of Craigslist while on a 1500-mile
> > >>> driving trip, near the bizarre town of Centralia, PA
> > >>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centralia,_Pennsylvania>.  It has been
> > in
> > >>> storage since I got it.
> > >>>
> > >>> Apparently this thing was designed for AIX 2, but I wonder if a later
> > >>> version of AIX will run on it.  The guy who gave it to me said it ran
> > Pick
> > >>> OS when he used it, but he lost the media.  I did get all the glorious
> > old
> > >>> IBM 3-ring manuals in the slipcases, though!
> > >>>
> > >>> Anyone here have any experience with this rare dinosaur?
> > >>>
> > >>
> > >> One of my biggest regrets was giving away THREE fully loaded RT systems
> > >> (each
> > >> with TWO monitors) when I had to move in '98.  All three had AIX loaded.
> > >>
> > >> Picked them up (for free) from a company in Austin that needed to clear
> > out
> > >> some basement storage; they were an IBM/AIX shop and had bought the RTs
> > >> when
> > >> new.
> > >>
> > >> Bill
> > >>
> > >> --
> > >> Bill Bradford
> > >> Houston, Texas USA
> > >>
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  Cory Smelosky
  b4 at gewt.net