From owner-freebsd-sparc Fri Jan 11 15: 2:58 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-sparc@freebsd.org Received: from mail5.speakeasy.net (mail5.speakeasy.net [216.254.0.205]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7740037B402 for ; Fri, 11 Jan 2002 15:02:54 -0800 (PST) Received: (qmail 10744 invoked from network); 11 Jan 2002 23:02:53 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO laptop.baldwin.cx) ([64.81.54.73]) (envelope-sender ) by mail5.speakeasy.net (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for ; 11 Jan 2002 23:02:53 -0000 Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.4.0 on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20020111153638.A21225@colnta.acns.ab.ca> Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 15:02:18 -0800 (PST) From: John Baldwin To: Chad David Subject: Re: E3000 Cc: freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.org Sender: owner-freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On 11-Jan-02 Chad David wrote: > On Fri, Jan 11, 2002 at 02:29:04PM -0800, John Baldwin wrote: >> >> On 11-Jan-02 Chad David wrote: >> > I may have the chance to purchase a E3000 for a very reasonable price >> > (the guy who has it now doesn't want to pay for the power to run it), but >> > I do not really have a need for E3000 at home. >> > >> > I was wondering if any developers working on the port could make use of a >> > box like this if I put it up on an external address, and attached the >> > console to a terminal server? I've been told that it has 6 cpus and 6GB >> > Ram, but I don't have any firm details right now. >> > >> > If there is any interest let me know; otherwise, I might just let this >> > one go. >> >> At some point there will be interest, but not sure how soon. Remote power >> would also be nice. Make sure he gives you the box with no firmware >> password >> (or gives you the firmware password) if you take it. If you still don't >> want > > Yes, access to the firware would be nice :). I've never worked on a 3000, > but are you not able to power the box via the firmware? Not sure. The ultra60 I have can be turned off by the firmware, but how would one turn it on? :) >> to take it, someone here might be willing to take it off your hands. :) >> Jake >> Burkholder lives in Canada, but I think he is in Toronto, still not that far >> away though. > > The box is actually in Menlo Park right now (on the guys kitchen floor I'm > told), so I guess if somebody down there wanted it (if I don't buy it) I > could forward the information. Hmm, if no one else pipes up I _might_ be interested, but it would have to be real soon, as I'm moving to .ga.us next week. -- John Baldwin <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-sparc" in the body of the message