[aklug] Re: Cobalt Cube

I think I still have the original Qube OS CD as well.

On Sun, 15 Aug 2010, Royce Williams wrote:

> Dibs dibs dibs! I'm all about the Qubes! Some people restore old cars;
> I restore or mod old computers. :-)
>
> Some questions:
>
> * Which models are the ones that you have available?
>
> * Do they come with power supplies? (Missing power supplies are the
> perennial problem with these guys).
>
> * Do they boot up?
>
> * Are they running the stock ROM, or have they been flashed with Tim
> Hockin's replacement ROM? The MIPS boxes will run Debian and NetBSD if
> you use the latter. Tim Hockin continued working on it after he left
> Qube. Last I'd heard, he works at Google, making custom BIOSes for
> their server infrastructure. Must be a pretty cool job.
>
> I currently have a Qube 2 (MIPS 250MHz), Qube 3 (Intel 450MHz), a
> Gateway MicroServer (like the Qube 2, but black), and a RaQ 2 (MIPS).
> but I can always use parts, test machines, etc. I do not have a Qube
> 2700 yet. They are all a bit low on CPU, but you can beef the RAM up a
> bit. The MIPS boxes tick along pretty well for actual services once
> they start up, but anything high I/O or CPU makes them as slow as molasses.
>
> If someone else is interested in tinkering, I'll split 'em with
> somebody. :-) I can bring install media. Third-party OS installs on
> the MIPS boxes can only be done via net booting. The Debian installer
> is actually a bootable CD-ROM with all of the TFTP, DHCP and NFS fu
> needed to do the net install, but you have to be using a particular
> family of NIC. I think that I still have one knocking around.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobalt_Qube
> http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/cobalt/faq.html
> http://www.cobaltfaqs.com/
>
> Royce
>
>
> barsalou said, on 08/15/2010 02:44 PM:
>> I have access to two Cobalt Cubes to be given away.
>>
>> If someone is interested in playing around or taking one of these I
>> will make them available at next FNL.
>>
>> Additionally, there are a bunch of WinCE devices (older than 3 years)
>> that are looking for a good home as well.
>>
>> Same deal for those as well.
>>
>> Mike B.
>>
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