[rescue] [External] Free to good home

[Brandon Applegate]

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.

On Mon, Jul 6, 2026 at 12:17 AM Kevin Bowling via rescue <rescue at sunhelp.org>
wrote:

> On Sun, Jul 5, 2026 at 4:39 PM Brian Wheeler via rescue
> <rescue at sunhelp.org> wrote:
> >
> > 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.
>
> >
> > On Sun, 2026-07-05 at 11:30 -0400, Brian Wheeler via rescue wrote:
> >
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> >
> > Hey folks
> >
> > 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 :)
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > 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
> >
> >
> > The last two are stupidly heavy.  Pick up only in Bloomington, Indiana.
> >
> > Brian
> >
> > [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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