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  • Re: Cross Post: Belated Christmas gifts: P390 parts

    From gah4@21:1/5 to Grant Taylor on Thu May 12 21:32:36 2022
    On Monday, January 4, 2021 at 10:00:24 AM UTC-8, Grant Taylor wrote:

    (snip)

    My wife has suggested that I clean up some of my “equipment” that I have not used for 20 years or more. This includes a good-sized box of old
    P390 parts. I’ll provide a list of the parts below, including a couple
    of P390 adapters for the Microchannel machines.

    Maybe there is a better place to ask, but does anyone know which RS/6000 machines are used to host the P/370? Will any Microchannel RS/6000 do it?

    Links to other places to ask would also help.

    thanks!

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  • From Louis Ohland@21:1/5 to All on Fri May 13 06:24:25 2022
    I would imagine the 8580, must surf

    On 5/12/2022 23:32, gah4 wrote:
    On Monday, January 4, 2021 at 10:00:24 AM UTC-8, Grant Taylor wrote:

    (snip)

    My wife has suggested that I clean up some of my “equipment” that I have >> not used for 20 years or more. This includes a good-sized box of old
    P390 parts. I’ll provide a list of the parts below, including a couple
    of P390 adapters for the Microchannel machines.

    Maybe there is a better place to ask, but does anyone know which RS/6000 machines are used to host the P/370? Will any Microchannel RS/6000 do it?

    Links to other places to ask would also help.

    thanks!

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  • From Louis Ohland@21:1/5 to All on Fri May 13 06:28:20 2022
    https://ardent-tool.com/CPU/190-017.txt



    ES/9370, the double-wide 8580.

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  • From RickE@21:1/5 to All on Sun May 15 02:13:58 2022
    On Friday, May 13, 2022 at 12:32:37 AM UTC-4, gah4 wrote:
    Maybe there is a better place to ask, but does anyone know which RS/6000 machines are used to host the P/370? Will any Microchannel RS/6000 do it?

    I do not know, as I didn't play with the P/370 card back in my Microchannel RS/6000 days. My *guess* is that the answer will be dependent on the level of P/370 support software that you have in hand, which in turn will likely dictate which level(s) of
    AIX you can use with it. If you're limited to AIX 3.2.5, for example, the list of possible RS/6000 models would be smaller than the list if AIX 4.1.5 was also viable. In any case, I would think that a 7013-550 would probably be a good choice, but a
    7012-320 or -32H would likely be OK as well. Do you have several Microchannel RS/6000 machines to choose from?

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  • From gah4@21:1/5 to ekb...@vnet.ibm.com on Tue May 17 20:55:47 2022
    On Sunday, May 15, 2022 at 2:13:59 AM UTC-7, ekb...@vnet.ibm.com wrote:

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    In any case, I would think that a 7013-550 would probably be a good choice, but a 7012-320 or -32H would likely be OK as well.
    Do you have several Microchannel RS/6000 machines to choose from?

    I was supposed to get a 7012-340, but they accidentally sold it to someone else.

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  • From Louis Ohland@21:1/5 to All on Wed May 18 08:54:24 2022
    https://ardent-tool.com/CPU/193-131.txt


    S/370 Channel
    Emulator/A
    M/T 7012
    Models 320, 32E,
    32H, 340, 350,
    355, 360, 36T,
    365, 370, 37T, 375

    On 5/17/2022 22:55, gah4 wrote:
    On Sunday, May 15, 2022 at 2:13:59 AM UTC-7, ekb...@vnet.ibm.com wrote:

    (snip)

    In any case, I would think that a 7013-550 would probably be a good choice, >> but a 7012-320 or -32H would likely be OK as well.
    Do you have several Microchannel RS/6000 machines to choose from?

    I was supposed to get a 7012-340, but they accidentally sold it to someone else.


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  • From Kevin Bowling@21:1/5 to Louis Ohland on Wed May 18 09:34:16 2022
    On 5/18/22 06:54, Louis Ohland wrote:
    https://ardent-tool.com/CPU/193-131.txt


    S/370 Channel
     Emulator/A
     M/T 7012
     Models 320, 32E,
     32H, 340, 350,
     355, 360, 36T,
     365, 370, 37T, 375

    On 5/17/2022 22:55, gah4 wrote:
    On Sunday, May 15, 2022 at 2:13:59 AM UTC-7, ekb...@vnet.ibm.com wrote:

    (snip)

    In any case, I would think that a 7013-550 would probably be a good
    choice,
    but a 7012-320 or -32H would likely be OK as well.
    Do you have several Microchannel RS/6000 machines to choose from?

    I was supposed to get a 7012-340, but they accidentally sold it to
    someone else.



    As long as you can fit the cards, the MCA implementation in RS/6000 and
    AIX is very good. You can run a P/3x0 in a 7006, 7009 or 7011.

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  • From gah4@21:1/5 to Kevin Bowling on Wed May 18 15:16:57 2022
    On Wednesday, May 18, 2022 at 9:34:17 AM UTC-7, Kevin Bowling wrote:

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    As long as you can fit the cards, the MCA implementation in RS/6000 and
    AIX is very good. You can run a P/3x0 in a 7006, 7009 or 7011.

    It does seem that more models claim compatibility with the Channel Emulator/A than with the P/370 itself. That should mean that you can run channel
    attached I/O devices directly from AIX, without the P/370 and its OS.

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