harv%KSUVAX1.BITNET@wiscvm.wisc.edu (Harvard Townsend) (08/05/87)
FOR SALE: 2 Plexus model P/35 super-micro computers. Both systems have:
1) Hardware
- MC68000 processor
- 2 Meg main memory (2-1 Meg boards w/ 64K chips)
- 8 serial ports with intelligent I/O controller
- 1 parallel port, 1 console port
- Excelan EXOS-204 Ethernet interface with 2 drop cables and 2 transceive
- 1 72 Meg. (formatted) Winchester disk
- 1 20 Meg. (8000 BPI) cartridge tape drive
- many, many spare cartridge tapes
2) Software
- System V Rel. 2 Unix with Berkeley Enhancements (vi, csh, dump, restor)
- Plexus Network Operating System (NOS). Allows remote logins, remote
file system mounting, and device sharing (via distributed file system)
Is Plexus' own protocol on top of Ethernet.
3) Documentation
- Complete set of System V Rel. 2 Unix Manuals (2 sets)
-- User's Reference Manual
-- User's Guide
-- Programmer's Reference Manual
-- Programmer's Guide
-- System Administrator's Reference Manual
-- System Administrator's Guide
- P/35 User's Manual (system operation) (4)
- P/35 Engineering Manual (2)
- Winchester Disk Manual
- Cartridge Tape Drive Manual
- All "Release Notices" for OS and NOS upgrades
- Software Support newsletters
The original cost of the 2 systems was $60000. One system was working fine
when powered down the last time (winter, 1987). It is priced at $8000.
The other system needs repairs to be usable. It is priced at $6000.
About $4000 worth of work by Plexus will fix the latter system and bring it
up to current revision levels (this replaces the tape drive with a 45Meg
drive, replaces a memory board, CPU board, disk controller, and serial port
controller). Upgrading the processor board to the MC68020 would dramatically
improve performance (it already does very well with I/O-bound jobs).
For more information (or a counter offer), contact:
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Harvard Townsend, Systems Manager
Dept. of Computing and Information Sciences
Nichols Hall, room 234
Kansas State University
Manhattan, KS 66506 (913)532-6350
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