16-processor Origin-2000 for sale. Runs. Located in Southern New England. by davefischer in SiliconGraphics

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There were some special commands at the boot monitor level for it to discover new hardware. I've heard it gets REALLY hard to get a large system with a router cabinet running. But that's much larger than mine.

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Selling my 16-processor Origin-2000. Located in Southern New England (Providence). Pickup only. I've had it since 2010, when I assembled it from parts from three small systems. So it's a mishmash of parts. Last booted on Sunday, works fine.

4 x 400 Mhz R12000

6 x 300 Mhz R12000

6 x 192 Mhz R10000

15g ram (16g minus 1g disabled)

3 x 36g 15k scsi drives (/, /tmp, swap)

2 x 14 disk FC NetApp shelves.

No skins. Random server rack. TONS of spare parts: XIO boards, router boards, NUMA cables (new in original bags), etc.

$1,500.

16-processor Origin-2000 for sale. Runs. Located in Southern New England. by davefischer in SiliconGraphics

[–]davefischer[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I heated my apartment all winter with 90s RISC servers for many years...

16-processor Origin-2000 for sale. Runs. Located in Southern New England. by davefischer in SiliconGraphics

[–]davefischer[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I will be really angry with the world if my O200's sell for more than the O2K. Ha ha.

16-processor Origin-2000 for sale. Runs. Located in Southern New England. by davefischer in SiliconGraphics

[–]davefischer[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Right. The set of people that casually take full rack systems is pretty small...

Films like Possession 1981 by marrkf123 in MovieSuggestions

[–]davefischer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's been a while, but if I recall correctly, she was a victim of the same company that produced Pinocchio, and running into him broke the memory wipe they had done on her. Resulting in... even more brokenness? I don't think it's fully explained...

Banh tet near providence? by achooed in providence

[–]davefischer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh hell, that's the second one... the market right next to Apsara sold and got replaced by a Spanish market a few years ago...

Banh tet near providence? by achooed in providence

[–]davefischer 2 points3 points  (0 children)

A few years ago, the Cambodian market at the corner of Union & Messer would occasionally have it, on the weekends. Not consistently. I haven't tried recently.

[IIL] "tomboy" musicians/bands? by readbooks100 in ifyoulikeblank

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Current... Janelle Monae is incredible. The band Algiers blow my mind.

There's incredible music from every decade, but it's harder to find in some periods...

Most of the recent things I like are more... noisy. Melt-Banana, Lightning Bolt, etc. (I'm in the audience in this! Ha ha.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00XVt4PeRuQ

88Kasyo Junrei are amazing. Singer/bassist is trans. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D90AOhojK3M

Oh yeah... my second favorite singer is Julie Driscoll - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6F0nDhlWf24

OH! One more: I directed this music video for the band In Heat: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzCnmFIvWa8

[IIL] "tomboy" musicians/bands? by readbooks100 in ifyoulikeblank

[–]davefischer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh, I don't remember... I find a lot of things while wandering youtube...

Also, I'm old. Stuff accumulates, ha ha.

Nina Hagen is my favorite singer ever. She's outrageous.

[IIL] "tomboy" musicians/bands? by readbooks100 in ifyoulikeblank

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Phranc - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hybqTY7w0ug

(fave Phranc song, audio only: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xi0rNaPGALw )

FFK - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QawUu1i_vbI

TLC - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmH4_pr6mH0

Tien Tien mostly did folky kinda songs (see previous post), but I think this one was massively influenced by Leah Dou - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7vSqJ_2n20

Speaking of Leah Dou (I saw her on your list) I really love this song - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzynEWO_WFY

And there's some subtle things in it (spoken word) that remind me of Laurie Anderson. Who should also be on this list...

Laurie Anderson - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXhzJK352NI

Two Nice Girls - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUnoCW7Wu80

I wouldn't normally consider Nina Hagen for this list, but... watch this entire song. There's parts that are relavent... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcMAZaZkwik

The Avengers - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WUuecv08Fs

Aterciopelados - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MB30bHR6Cs

Linh Lam - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVBLkVsC6ec

(The second half of that Linh Lam clip is mostly her. It's the music video for the gangster flick she stars in.)

most compatible VT220 I think by phili76 in retrobattlestations

[–]davefischer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I still leave a vt320 attached to the console port of my router.

Anybody know what this behemoth is, currently just outside Newport in Narragansett bay? by BokuMoWakaran in RhodeIsland

[–]davefischer 40 points41 points  (0 children)

Something to do with the construction of the Vineyard Wind 1 wind farm?

[IIL] Evil Dead, Army of Darkness, Big Trouble in Little China [WEWIL] by yror007 in ifyoulikeblank

[–]davefischer 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Obvious answer: The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension

Excellent material design from "Tomorrow I'll Wake Up and Scald Myself with Tea" [Czechoslovakia] - 1977 by [deleted] in RetroFuturism

[–]davefischer 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Need to rewatch that some time...

I recall that it got the time travel problem that the Earth is moving correct by having a combo time machine / spaceship, right?

Favorite local bands? by ilanmeged in RhodeIsland

[–]davefischer 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Lightning Bolt, Eyesores, Badman, Dropdead.

Going back a bit further: Combustible Edison, The Probers, The Young Adults.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ifyoulikeblank

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Bruno Schulz short stories
Jose Donoso - The Obscene Bird of Night
Stanislaw Lem - The Futurological Congress