[rescue] GCS scorpion

[Richard]

Cool but it is the larger version :-/

Sent from my iPhone

> On 10 Feb 2021, at 09:56, Ethan Hawke <ehawk at ember.systems> wrote:
>
> o;?A quick addendum, there is a newer version (with pictures) of the link I
sent earlier here: http://users.monash.edu/~ckopp/mxhistory.html
>
>
> And some more info here: http://users.monash.edu/~ckopp/hardware.html,
including pictures of the smaller Scorpion.
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Ethan
>
>
> "Ethan Hawke" ehawk at ember.systems b 10 February 2021 9:43 AM
>> Wow, I had no idea about GCS and Australian made SPARC Workstations, and if
no one has seen it, there is a history page by one of those involved (on some
of GCS' earlier machines it seems) here:
mbus.sunhelp.org/mirrored/carlo/mxhistory.html
>>
>>
>> I wasn't really around at the time, but for those that experienced it, were
Sun's own hardware not very common here in Aus, in the 90's? Later rackmount
servers are really common here, but I rarely see listings for older equipment
and all the ones I have got locally seem to be from universities.
>>
>>
>> And of course it's in Geelong, why do they get all the good stuff? I picked
up 2x Ultra 3000's from there last year, in between the lockdowns.
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Ethan
>>
>>
>> "Richard" ejb at trick-1.net b 10 February 2021 7:47 AM
>>> Hi folks
>>>
>>> I was in the local recycler (geelong, Australia) the other day and they
have a
>>> gcs scorpion (SS20 clone if I recall)
>>> mbus.sunhelp.org/systems/gcs/scorpion.htm
>>>
>>> No interest for me ( I have too much) but maybe someone here might be
local
>>> and interested...
>>>
>>> Let me know if interested and I can connect you
>>>
>>> Richard
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