[gentoo-dev] Server hardaware give away (misc archs)

[R0b0t1]

On Wednesday, September 6, 2017, Brendan Horan <brendan@×××××.hk> wrote:
> Hi R0b0t1,
>
> Sounds good to me.
> Shipping a 30kg+ system by it self will not be cheep.
> This is originally why I had the idea to ship all the systems together.
>

I thought so. Shipping will still be cheaper than a used unit from someone
else, so thank you.

> Specs are :
>
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
>
> Sorry its a single 4-core CPU.
>

That is fine. I did not expect to come into a 40+ core POWER server any
time soon. The cheaper servers are about as rare as the expensive ones.

> Lets talk about shipping options, I am open to suggestions and ideas.
>

If you do not mind I am moving to a private message to discuss this. In
short, time is not too important so the cheapest of the carriers available
to you would work.

I should be able to buy postage and transmit it to you if you have a box
and scale ready.

> Thanks
> Brendan (irc : undersys)
>
>
> ----- On 6 Sep, 2017, at 2:04 PM, R0b0t1 r030t1@×××××.com wrote:
>>>
>>> I would very much appreciate it if I could claim the IBM Power server.
>>> I have been interested in IBM's Power architecture and its supporting
>>> hardware for quite a while now. There are not many machines sold on
>>> the secondhand market and I do not have the funds to purchase one in
>>> that way.
>>
>> Sorry for the follow-up. To clarify, I expect to be able to cover the
>> cost of shipping.
>>
>>> The specs are mostly irrelevant as long as it has a Power
>>> CPU, but they would be nice to know.
>>>
>>> The use for the machine would be to experiment with the novel
>>> architecture while maintaining it with Gentoo, which would likely
>>> spill over into providing support for Gentoo on IBM Power.
>>>
>>> I will try to catch you on IRC, but hopefully you receive this message
as well.
>>>
>>> Respectfully,
>> >      R0b0t1
>
>