[rescue] [External] Free to good home

Kevin Bowling kevin.bowling at kev009.com
Mon Jul 6 04:15:56 UTC 2026


On Sun, Jul 5, 2026 at 4:39 PM Brian Wheeler via rescue
<rescue at sunhelp.org> wrote:
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> The IBM RS/6000 machine has already been claimed.

If anyone else has a 7043-260, I am a NetBSD dev and was involved in
the CHRP port for the 7044 back in the day.  I would like to find a
7043-260 to test out because they are somewhat rare birds and we never
tried it.

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> On Sun, 2026-07-05 at 11:30 -0400, Brian Wheeler via rescue wrote:
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> Hey folks
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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 :)
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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.
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> Sun Blade 150.  512M RAM.  I think it has a 20G IDE in it, but I'm not sure
> HP Visualize C200.  128M RAM.  Multiple disks in it.  I think one was a bit flaky
> IBM RS/6000 7043-260.  2x POWER 3 CPU, 2G RAM, 2G Disk
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> The last two are stupidly heavy.  Pick up only in Bloomington, Indiana.
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> Brian
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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...
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