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From: Brendan Horan <brendan@×××××.hk>
To: gentoo-dev <gentoo-dev@l.g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Server hardaware give away (misc archs)
Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2017 13:47:49
Message-Id: 921619355.3128.1504705662728.JavaMail.zimbra@basstech.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Server hardaware give away (misc archs) by R0b0t1
1 Hi R0b0t1,
2
3 Sounds good to me.
4 Shipping a 30kg+ system by it self will not be cheep.
5 This is originally why I had the idea to ship all the systems together.
6
7 Specs are :
8 http://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/ShowDoc.wss?docURL=/common/ssi/rep_sm/1/872/ENUS8203-_h01/index.html&lang=en&request_locale=en
9
10 Sorry its a single 4-core CPU.
11
12 Lets talk about shipping options, I am open to suggestions and ideas.
13
14 Thanks
15 Brendan (irc : undersys)
16
17
18 ----- On 6 Sep, 2017, at 2:04 PM, R0b0t1 r030t1@×××××.com wrote:
19 >>
20 >> I would very much appreciate it if I could claim the IBM Power server.
21 >> I have been interested in IBM's Power architecture and its supporting
22 >> hardware for quite a while now. There are not many machines sold on
23 >> the secondhand market and I do not have the funds to purchase one in
24 >> that way.
25 >
26 > Sorry for the follow-up. To clarify, I expect to be able to cover the
27 > cost of shipping.
28 >
29 >> The specs are mostly irrelevant as long as it has a Power
30 >> CPU, but they would be nice to know.
31 >>
32 >> The use for the machine would be to experiment with the novel
33 >> architecture while maintaining it with Gentoo, which would likely
34 >> spill over into providing support for Gentoo on IBM Power.
35 >>
36 >> I will try to catch you on IRC, but hopefully you receive this message as well.
37 >>
38 >> Respectfully,
39 > > R0b0t1

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