The reason I’m posting this outside of the Marketplace is because it’s not really an ‘II’ (item of interest) that I’m willing to share, but rather a phenomenon I’ve noticed.
Look at this, since the last hour a bunch of bids (totaling 11, at the moment) simply rained in! For what you may wonder? An above-average, 466 MHz (thus not even the 600 MHz) Compaq AlphaServer DS10 system in Germany:
Compaq Alphaserver DS10:[LIST][]466MHz 21264 Alpha
[]1GB RAM
[]32GB Festplatte (SCSI)
[]2 * 100MBit Ethernet onboard
[]additional Gigabit Ethernet
[]Elsa Gloria Synergy graphics
[]UW SCSI
[]HVD SCSI[/LIST]
the system runs Tru64 UNIX 5.1B. there is no root password set.
[CENTER]
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CPU 0 booting
Resetting I/O buses...
(boot dka0.0.0.14.0 -flags A)
block 0 of dka0.0.0.14.0 is a valid boot block
reading 19 blocks from dka0.0.0.14.0
bootstrap code read in
base = 200000, image_start = 0, image_bytes = 2600(9728)
initializing HWRPB at 2000
initializing page table at 3ff2a000
initializing machine state
setting affinity to the primary CPU
jumping to bootstrap code
UNIX boot - Friday August 20, 2010
Loading vmunix ...
Loading at 0xffffffff00000000
Sizes:
text = 7103680
data = 1356000
bss = 1910560
Starting at 0xffffffff00012f50
Loading vmunix symbol table ... [1700704 bytes]
bcm: DEGXA driver V1.0.30 NUMA lanlog
Memory trolling not supported, cpu Major id 8, Minor id 4
Alpha boot: available memory from 0x2c16000 to 0x3ff28000
HP Tru64 UNIX V5.1B (Rev. 2650); Mon Nov 7 11:09:49 MET 2011
physical memory = 1024.00 megabytes.
available memory = 979.06 megabytes.
using 3868 buffers containing 30.21 megabytes of memory
Firmware revision: 7.3-1
PALcode: UNIX version 1.92-73
AlphaServer DS10 466 MHz
pci0 (primary bus:0) at nexus
isa0 at pci0
gpc0 at isa0
gpc1 not probed
Baud 0 is unsupported; setting console port to 9600 baud
ace0 at isa0
ace1 at isa0
lp0 at isa0
fdi0 at isa0
fd0 at fdi0 unit 0
tu0: DECchip 21143: Revision: 4.1
tu0: auto negotiation capable device
tu0 at pci0 slot 9
tu0: DEC TULIP (10/100) Ethernet Interface, hardware address: 08-00-2B-86-69-47
tu0: auto negotiation off: selecting 10BaseT (UTP) port: half duplex
tu1: DECchip 21143: Revision: 4.1
tu1: auto negotiation capable device
tu1 at pci0 slot 11
tu1: DEC TULIP (10/100) Ethernet Interface, hardware address: 08-00-2B-86-69-5E
tu1: auto negotiation off: selecting 10BaseT (UTP) port: half duplex
ata0 at pci0 slot 13
ata0: ACER M1543C
scsi0 at ata0 slot 0 rad 0
scsi1 at ata0 slot 1 rad 0
isp0 at pci0 slot 14
isp0: QLOGIC ISP1040B/V2
isp0: Firmware revision 5.57 (loaded by console)
isp0: Fast RAM timing enabled.
scsi2 at isp0 slot 0 rad 0
comet0: Card type 'Elsa GLoria' with 8MB framebuffer memory.
comet0 at pci0 slot 15
pza0 at pci0 slot 16
scsi4 at pza0 slot 0 rad 0
pza0 firmware version: DEC R01 A11
bcm0: Link down
bcm0 at pci0 slot 17
bcm0: DEGXA-TB Gigabit Ethernet, hardware address: 00-15-60-8A-59-D6
bcm0: Driver Rev = 1.0.30, Chip Rev = BCM5703_C0, Phy = Broadcom BCM5703 Integra
ted Copper
Created FRU table binary error log packet
kernel console: ace0
i2c: Server Management Hardware Present
bcm0: Link up via auto-negotiation (1000 Mbps, full duplex, tx=1 rx=1 flow contr
ol)
dli: configured
NetRAIN configured.
Random number generator configured.
ATM Subsystem configured with 1 restart threads
ATMUNI: configured
ATMSIG: 3.x (module=uni3x) configured
ILMI: 3.x (module=ilmi) configured
ATM IP: configured
ATM LANE: configured.
ATM IFMP: configured
vm_swap_init: swap is set to eager allocation mode
Checking device naming:
Passed.
Checking local filesystems
Mounting / (root)
user_cfg_pt: reconfigured
root_mounted_rw: reconfigured
user_cfg_pt: reconfigured
root_mounted_rw: reconfigured
user_cfg_pt: reconfigured
dsfmgr: NOTE: updating kernel basenames for system at /
scp kevm tty00 tty01 lp0 random urandom dmapi dsk0 floppy0 cdrom0
Mounting local filesystems
exec: /sbin/mount_advfs -F 0x14000 root_domain#root /
root_domain#root on / type advfs (rw)
/proc on /proc type procfs (rw)
exec: /sbin/mount_advfs -F 0x4000 usr_domain#usr /usr
usr_domain#usr on /usr type advfs (rw)
exec: /sbin/mount_advfs -F 0x4000 usr_domain#var /var
usr_domain#var on /var type advfs (rw)
Nov 7 11:12:15 esmd: Essential Services Monitor daemon started
Subsystem hwautoconfig was successfully configured.
Nov 7 11:12:16 update: started
Checking for Installation Tasks...
The following STREAMS devices were created:
Name Major Minor
---- ----- -----
/dev/streams/xtiso/udp 32 59
/dev/streams/xtiso/tcp 32 60
/dev/streams/xtiso/udp+ 32 61
/dev/streams/xtiso/tcp+ 32 62
/dev/streams/xtiso/udp5 32 63
/dev/streams/xtiso/tcp5 32 64
/dev/ptmx 32 65
/dev/streams/dlb 32 66
Executing Installation Tasks...
The system is coming up. Please wait...
Checking for crash dumps
Initializing paging space
Mounting Memory filesystems
evmstart: Daemon started
Nov 7 11:12:19 esmd: Started monitoring the EVM daemon
security configuration set to default (BASE).
File /etc/sia/matrix.conf updated successfully.
Successful SIA initialization
/usr/sbin/autopush: Can't push requested modules on STREAM for entry 36
/usr/sbin/autopush: Device (6,-1) already configured
Streams autopushes configured
Initializing random number driver
CSSM_ModuleLoad: CSSM error 4107
Configuring network
hostname: ds10
DHCP: requesting IP address information for network device bcm0
DHCP started on bcm0
DHCP configuring bcm0
subnet mask : 255.255.255.0
IP address : 192.168.2.102
broadcast address: 192.168.2.255
DHCP: error: no hostname assigned!
Loading LMF licenses
System error logger started
Binary error logger started
binlogd: failed to initialize remote logging. Please make sure the
network is set up properly and then restart binlogd.
Setting kernel timezone variable
ONC portmap service started
NFS IO service started
Mounting NFS filesystems
Preserving editor files
Clearing temporary files
Unlocking ptys
Secure Shell daemon (sshd2) started.
SMTP Mail Service started.
Environmental Monitoring Subsystem Configured.
Using snmp service entry port 161.
Can't get a local IP address.
Extensible SNMP master agent started
Base O/S subagent started
Server System subagent started
Server Management subagent started
CIM SNMP subagent started
Performance Management subagent started
Web Based Management Agent started
ConfigReport Management Module started
Sysman Management Module started
Threshold Management Subagent started
Intelligent Drive Array Subagent started
The SNMP trap to Event Manager interface is disabled.
Environmental Monitoring Daemon started.
GS Platform View and Discovery V1.3 for Insight Manager is only supported on Alp
ha GS series platforms.
AdvFS daemon (advfsd) started.
Internet services provided.
Cron service started
SuperLAT. Copyright 1994 Meridian Technology Corp. All rights reserved.
LAT started.
Printer service started
SysMan Station server (smsd) started
The system is ready.
HP Tru64 UNIX V5.1B (Rev. 2650) (ds10) console
login: root
Last login: Mon Nov 7 09:28:47 MET 2011 on console
HP Tru64 UNIX V5.1B (Rev. 2650); Mon Nov 7 11:09:49 MET 2011
HP Tru64 UNIX P5.1B (Rev. 2003); Wed Mar 11 03:53:14 EDT 2009
HP Tru64 UNIX V5.1B (Rev. 2650); Mon Nov 7 08:27:00 MET 2011
Compaq Tru64 UNIX V5.1B (Rev. 2650); Mon Nov 7 07:09:20 MET 2011
The installation software has successfully installed your system.
There are logfiles that contain a record of your installation. These are:
/var/adm/smlogs/install.cdf - configuration description file
/var/adm/smlogs/install.log - general log file
/var/adm/smlogs/install.FS.log - file system creation logs
/var/adm/smlogs/setld.log - log for the setld(8) utility
/var/adm/smlogs/fverify.log - verification log file
# df -h
Filesystem Size Used Available Capacity Mounted on
root_domain#root 384M 121M 257M 33% /
/proc 0 0 0 100% /proc
usr_domain#usr 2100M 1061M 636M 63% /usr
usr_domain#var 2100M 383M 636M 38% /var
# uname -a
OSF1 ds10 V5.1 2650 alpha
# psrinfo -v
Status of processor 0 as of: 11/07/11 11:32:13
Processor has been on-line since 11/07/2011 11:12:13
The alpha EV6 (21264) processor operates at 463 MHz,
has a cache size of 2097152 bytes,
and has an alpha internal floating point processor.
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No information on licenses, whatsoever. The latest version of Tru64 UNIX (little remark, I had no idea that Tru64 had the [FONT=“Courier New”]psrinfo[/FONT] command, like Solaris), though, but no indication that the media are included. All in all, not a bad system, I guess, but… It’s amazing that people think it’s worth [COLOR=“Red”]€ [SIZE=“3”]202[/COLOR][/SIZE], which is roughly COLOR=“Red” $ ~[SIZE=“3”]275[/SIZE][/COLOR]!
This is hardly the first time I saw an Alpha system go for that much on eBay either! I wonder how high the final bid will be, because there’s still an hour left to go.
I was promised a DS10, of unknown specifications, via the local VMS SIG here. However, the person that promised me one hasn’t gotten around to actually ‘delivering’ it, yet (which originally was supposed to happen in June). His asking price was € 10, so perhaps you understand why I won’t complain!
Update: The auction ended and it didn’t get much crazier, it ended at the above mentioned bid. I hope the new owner is happy with the system and wish him lots of luck (and fun) with it, whoever it may be. I hope he’ll also consider VMS, besides Tru64 UNIX.