webber@utstat.uucp (Bob Webber) (11/17/89)
Does anyone here have any opinions on the ruggedness of MIPS M120 boxes? I'm
involved in a project which might entail setting up such a machine in
Northern Africa, and I'm starting to canvass for opinions on such issues as:
o tolerance for temperatures beyond "normal" machine room and
North American office limits
o durability of power supplies; ability to survive "sour power" with
lots of "small" spikes ("small" = not filtered by your average
cheapo power bar, though I hope we can provide better filters)
o how reasonable is it to expect that someone who's able to (say)
build Heathkits can carry out hardware service up to and including
swapping the main system board?
Also, I'd like information on the same questions with respect to peripherals
usually added to the M120, such as serial cards, SCSI disks, and 8mm tape
backup units.
Please e-mail me directly, and I'll post a summary to the net if there's
enough interest. Thanks.
Bob Webber, c/o Department of Statistics, University of Toronto
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