Mid 1990s Home Computer Lab

[@thisisnotanick]

I could watch videos about old servers all day :) Really cool that you got them running, awesome video. 5 stars!

[@CheapSushi]

This is awesome! I miss this server chassis aesthetic.

[@vap0rtranz]

Me too! They were beasts!! And great air flow. Sad to have decommissioned it a few months ago. It was still running just fine. You're the 2nd person I've read that refabbed the casing. One guy has instructions online (somewhere) for gutting the old electronics inside and turning it into a water-cooled desktop.

[@vap0rtranz]

the first ibm was at a public surplus auction, the other ibms were ebay -- back in the day (1999) --, the sun was also ebay, the compaq and dell (and sgi) were from coworkers. all about the networking ;)

[@GaryDrumm]

Cool stuff. A walk down memory lane.

[@SproutyPottedPlant]

Them UltraSPARC workstations are awesome!!

[@elgeneralxx]

i miss 2007

[@vap0rtranz]

Yea, a customer had some old SGI cabinets that I drooled over. 1) they're tall and heavy, and 2) it would need to go out of the way, like a basement, which I no longer have :( But yea, beginning to get racked boxes.

[@accordinglyryan]

whats that laptop down there? i think its a dell because my Dell Inspiron 8500 looks a lot like that one.

[@vap0rtranz]

the sun was most expensive; $400 in 2000 if i remember correctly. the ibm's were cheapest. $100 in 1999. but this doesn't include gobbling up parts over time, like processors, hard drives, etc.

[@CompletelyCovered3]

I have no clue what you're talking about for a large portion of the time, but I find it exciting and interesting. I will learn. >:(

[@vap0rtranz]

Ditto! I interned at a shop that ran AutoCAD on NT and they had to be PPro boxes, nothing less. Recycling shops are awesome and Seattle is like electronics central. There a State surplus around too? :)

[@QuaaludeCharlie]

nice older stuff , still very useful today :) QC

[@douro20]

Too bad the Alphaserver is out of commission...those are great old machines, and there are still many of them running high-traffic FTP servers on a 24/7 basis...

[@mrjustin5]

When I first got into 3D Graphics and I wanted 3D Studio MAX (Windows Version) it ran BEST under Windows NT 4.0 (which was "true" 32-BIT) you NEEDED a Pentium Pro to get that software to run at a decent clip. Thats what I wanted more than anything in 1996. A Pentium Pro system. In Seattle in January 2007, there are 2 PC recycling stores called RE-PC (Google them) and they had boxes full of old Pentium Pro's. They were either broken or working, but they recycle them, $5 worth of GOLD in each CPU

[@coldironhands1]

that's too , i set up an old b open ox with BSD and configured it to look like it ran some oddball OS when they scan it with nmap. and it's on a seperate network on a fully open AP it's called DNS,FIREWALL,ROUTER it's basicly just a box with different jails for people to play with if they get on my network, they'll think it's some kind of important server

[@vap0rtranz]

it does keep going. hope to get it running solaris zones soon ...

[@technoguy3542]

You left the heat sink off! :O Well, as long as you learned your lesson. I did that once xD.

[@dj-datavirus627mike9]

pls do more computer moves :)

[@vap0rtranz]

It's not scrapped -- yet. Still have the whole 4200 and guts packed away. If you're interested, let me know.

[@stathisch]

I would. Standard HDD's are products of the development of tapes, as they too, are magnetic. If they were not better we wouldn't change from tape reels to HDD's in the first place, would we? Conclusion: Get an external HDD for backups. XD

[@vap0rtranz]

mmm, well it all depends on your agreement with them. most have subtle clauses that basically translate to their ability to filter protocols (typically at the application layer, but sometimes lower). ISP's block residential customers from standing up mail servers by blocking smtp ports, etc. it's only illegal if the company's act in some discriminatory way or privacy way, like only blocking gay people's email, or looking inside your legitimate mail traffic (without a warrant)

[@mrjustin5]

There is about $5 of gold in that old pentium pro CPU. Shhh!! its a secret!

[@vap0rtranz]

Is there an E450 in that house? *drools*

[@BrainboxccGames]

i used to have an ibm original mouse, it was serial, so i threw it away years ago :( sorry! As for the sparc, i agree, can't beat a good old sparc to just keep on going and going!

[@stathisch]

I guess you're right. Good thing I live in Greece and only have to suffer traffic shaping on some sites. :P

[@vap0rtranz]

yea, i would except for the capitol cost upfront. plus ... anyone considered that hypervisors are still architecture specific? aka. no emulating a SPARC version of Solaris.

[@vap0rtranz]

Serious? How much did your util bill go up? I don't even have a ball-park idea b/c the electricity is included at the place where I'm keeping them ...

[@mike4ty4]

How do you manage to get an ISP that allows you to run servers out of it's connection???

[@vap0rtranz]

well i'm happy if that's what you mean :)

[@derekjackson2008]

i see a geek squad UPS...

[@stathisch]

Eh, I didn't know that ISP's forbid people to run servers at their connections. Actually, they can't forbid anyone from doing it-it's illegal to. :)

[@cambridgeport90]

What kind of PowerEdge is that?

[@vap0rtranz]

hehe. Does Moore know? and does the price of gold follow his Law?

[@daveolso]

Nice man.. Gots lots of stuff.. Here's what I found.. Used to run alot of equipemtn.. but my electric bill was like 300$..So.. I invested in better stuff.. Moved everything to about two machines.. Cut my cost in half.. and if I even went higher up on the equipment.. I could even move everything to one server.. BTW.. Check out Windows Home Server. I just installed it the other day and I've very happy with it running. It's very fast and manages memory pretty good.

[@vap0rtranz]

dyndns? non-trusted ports?

[@paroxyzm21]

How much power does it consume?

[@BlasterProduction09]

very cool setup! trying to make a serversetup my self.... mby you could help me a little????

[@mike4ty4]

"dyndns? non-trusted ports?" So you're saying you try to hide it and hope you don't get caught?!

[@simplex237]

what kind are those ibms

[@jessehill9993]

I have an original model IBM PS/2 Mouse, you said you wanted an IBM mouse right? How about the original two button one. I have PS/2s but I don't use the mouse too often because i'm too lazy to refurbish it. If you want it I can refurb it (needs taken apart and cleaning, I may add new buttons underneath replacing with identical parts) to restore original sensitivity. Or you can take it as is, its a good mouse I just stopped using it! I use my Intellimouse Pro and Intellimouse 3.1 for old machines

[@herkipl]

Hi Can U Explanine how to work Your Honeypot, it's really great, I'm planning runnig me honeypot and I'm looking any config and website about this. (I apologize for my english)

[@stathisch]

It's Apache, lol But better just get XAMPP if you're planning on using it on Windows.

[@vap0rtranz]

this is so wrong, considering the context of Douglas Merrill

[@vap0rtranz]

i will be giving the ibm's and dell away when my xen box is up and running. yes, giving away! (shipping not included ;)

[@simplex237]

what kind is joey

[@vap0rtranz]

oh i do luv the ability to censor people. go on; shoot.

[@vap0rtranz]

Sounds like someone bought into Microsoft and the bigger, newer, faster mantra. heh

[@DRNEGOLICIS]

lol i have an older server sadly its not a rack server it was for the days of MS-DOS i resored the poor thing it is now running windows 95 it is used for a storage server it has 32MB of ram and an 87MHz INTEL OVERDRIVE proccecor has a 3.5inch floppy drive and a 5inch floppy drive an and a NEC 8x cd drive i use this sever for storage it has 2 harddrives one is 4GB for the operateing system and the other is 80GB for storage this is a nice server i am going to retireing it with a ibm xSERIES 330

[@vap0rtranz]

I said the "die" is bigger. You don't honestly think the P2/3 were as big as their cartridges, do you?? Take one apart. *hehe*

[@vap0rtranz]

i wouldn't disagree :)

[@parotpalan]

why don't you try to have an internet cafe in your home its a good business you know

[@vap0rtranz]

Aussie? One day it's southern; another day german.

[@goddo2305]

Lol. Who does that?

[@vap0rtranz]

you alive?

[@vap0rtranz]

i hope that's not a double chin. ;)

[@vap0rtranz]

exactly! duh

[@coldironhands1]

apace, easiest thing to use, you can use it on any OS there is except maybe apple shit, but maybe even apple shit

[@stathisch]

O rly?

[@federicocazzaro9087]

mettili bene non cosi a cazzo

[@vap0rtranz]

no vids; you lose

[@vap0rtranz]

ah. and you're one of those commies, but there's nothing wrong with that. ;)