<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">It will be a bit before I have time to get the machine up and running - but I did plan to try out NetSBD on it. I can hit you up 1:1 when I get something worth looking at. Thanks.</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Jul 6, 2026 at 12:17\u202fAM Kevin Bowling via rescue <<a href="mailto:rescue@sunhelp.org">rescue@sunhelp.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">On Sun, Jul 5, 2026 at 4:39\u202fPM Brian Wheeler via rescue<br>
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> The IBM RS/6000 machine has already been claimed.<br>
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If anyone else has a 7043-260, I am a NetBSD dev and was involved in<br>
the CHRP port for the 7044 back in the day. I would like to find a<br>
7043-260 to test out because they are somewhat rare birds and we never<br>
tried it.<br>
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> On Sun, 2026-07-05 at 11:30 -0400, Brian Wheeler via rescue wrote:<br>
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> Hey folks<br>
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> I need to clear a bit of space[1] so I'm parting with a few machines. One is on topic and the other two not so much :)<br>
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> Anyway, I got these for free so I'm going to pass them along for free. They all powered on last summer. Specs are how I remember them.<br>
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> Sun Blade 150. 512M RAM. I think it has a 20G IDE in it, but I'm not sure<br>
> HP Visualize C200. 128M RAM. Multiple disks in it. I think one was a bit flaky<br>
> IBM RS/6000 7043-260. 2x POWER 3 CPU, 2G RAM, 2G Disk<br>
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> The last two are stupidly heavy. Pick up only in Bloomington, Indiana.<br>
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> Brian<br>
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> [1] I lucked into a load of 1980s Lego Classic Space sets and I've got to make room for them. If anyone has the opposite problem where they need to clear out 1980s Lego to make space for their vintage computing, contact me off list...<br>
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