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Replaced the IKEA desk next to my bed with something slightly more decorative…
square low IKEA table with a glass plate, there’s a red lamp and an unused alarm clock on it (and an USB charger)
lamp and clock are now placed on an digital Alphaserver 1200, a dark blue metal box with some front-side elements in the wrong colour.
Alexander Bochmann
Alexander Bochmann  
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…sadly, it has just a single CPU board, and not a whole lot of RAM.

And Dallas clock chips are annoying when they run out of battery, but at least they don’t usually leak and ruin boards, I think?
Main board with CPU card and a bunch of PCI cards
closeup of the main board section with the clock / nvram chip
silverwizard
silverwizard  
@Alexander Bochmann think you can put someone inside it to run as alarm clock and also enough ooph to scare your guests that it works?
@Alexander Bochmann
Alexander Bochmann
Alexander Bochmann  
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@silverwizard Well, it totally worked when I connected it last time (two power supplies in there, and 8 disks - it's quite loud).

Also I already managed to scare off guests when I forgot to tell them about the tape drive that occiasionally runs at night in the backup PC in the neighboring room...
@silverwizard
rawe
rawe  
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I've de-potted and fixed Dallas SRAM modules for 90s test equipment. The RTCs should contain 3V lithium coin cells embedded in potting compound that can be removed with hot air and a small screwdriver.
Alexander Bochmann
Alexander Bochmann  
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@stereo4x4 Yeah, I had a couple of them replaced in my Sparcstations at some point (see this old thread: https://mastodon.infra.de/@galaxis/101008083444351320), but I'll certainly trash the first couple of modules when I try to do it myself...

Alexander Bochmann

2018-11-03 16:03:58


NVRAM battery replacement station...

#retrocomputing #cetik


@rawe
Merlin.2160p.BDRip.x265.10bit
Merlin.2160p.BDRip.x265.10bit  
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also doubles as a space heater in the winter? ;)
Alexander Bochmann
Alexander Bochmann  
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@ruhrscholz Depends on electricity prices if that's a better choice than just using the radiator behind the machine...
@Merlin.2160p.BDRip.x265.10bit
Alexander Bochmann
Alexander Bochmann  
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...on the downside, there's now this square Ikea desk that I don't have a good place for.
otheorange_tag
otheorange_tag  
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is that a mips? alpha?
otheorange_tag
otheorange_tag  
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@kkarhan I had one of these(+/- not sure the exact model) and a mips running until mid 2000s? looking for stocks
@Kevin Karhan :verified:
Kevin Karhan :verified:
Kevin Karhan :verified:  
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YES; PLEASE!!!

What's that case?

Because I'm a sucker for THICC DESKSIDE Systems!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bo3lUw9GUJA

SGI's $250,000 Graphics Supercomputer from 1993 - Silicon Graphics Onyx RealityEngine²

An in-depth look at my Silicon Graphics Onyx RealityEngine², a $250,000 graphics supercomputer from 1993. Includes some history and background regarding the ...
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リヌックス フリクラ
リヌックス フリクラ  
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Nice! When you get older and it proves to be to low, you can always replace it with a VAX!
Alexander Bochmann
Alexander Bochmann  
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@linuxfrickler at least the VAX that I have in my basement is not wide enough to stand in as a desk…
front plate of a VAXstation II/GPX
@リヌックス フリクラ
リヌックス フリクラ
リヌックス フリクラ  
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Don't complain - I only have a SGI O2 and everything I try to put on top of it slides down 😑
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