Post #1559368
2026-04-22 13:41 UTC
Replies (18)
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@castanea_jo@ni.hil.ist 2026-04-22 16:18
@wec big w that's cool
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@avatastic@avatastic.uk 2026-04-22 22:30
@wec if any of them contain altavista, bring that baby back online.
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@ColesStreetPothole@weatherishappening.network 2026-04-22 23:06
@wec These are the data centers we want to see.
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@wyatt_unhinged@soc.megatokyo.moe 2026-04-22 23:08
@wec I need IBM 3161 terminal parts (a screen especially) if I may make a request :p Also note that a 3196 terminal display element is compatible with the 3161.
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@mattw@mast.hpc.social 2026-04-22 23:30
@wec Looking for advice on where to find datacenters for sale, guidance on purchasing and managing spousal fallout 😆
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@rootwyrm@weird.autos 2026-04-23 00:11
@wec well, now you know exactly who to ping for help with getting the storage systems working. And the RS/6000's and iSeries. Looking at the ESS (DO NOT POWER IT ON!!) I'm betting there's a StorageTek library around somewhere or TS3500 (also DO NOT POWER ON.) Seriously, do NOT turn on that ESS. EPO is on which means it wasn't shut down correctly and someone stole the HMC. That's a BE cluster with... uh... hang the fuck on, that's RIO. Hold please.
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@th@social.v.st 2026-04-23 08:15
@wec amazing! Back in 2014 we acquired a whole DEC PDP-11 collection that had also been in storage for more than twenty years and it was so much fun to get parts of it running again
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@evilstevie@mastod1.ddns.net 2026-04-23 08:39
@wec oh wow. extremely jealous. any docs / folders for stuff like accounts/passwords? prob have tacacs/radius server in there for the networky stuff to be able to read vlan/trunking info for rebuild/etc. also if IBM-centric could have some tokenring fun in there too around the mainframes... :/ guessing this isn't your first though :D
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@evilstevie@mastod1.ddns.net 2026-04-23 08:42
@wec was about to see if spare hands were needed, but 120v is not local. sorry
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@Quantensalat@scicomm.xyz 2026-04-25 17:17
@wec Keep us posted
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@leyrer@23.social 2026-04-22 17:03
@wec paging @Habrok42@chaos.social !!!
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@domi@donotsta.re 2026-04-22 19:30
@wec can’t wait!! how’d you do that? :o also if you’d end up offloading anything due to lack of storage space… lmk :3 i’m interested in mainframes and would love to make deep-dive videos about them! (I have a small YT channel) i feel like this is a sort-of underdocumented topic, at least as general retrocomputing goes ^^
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@stenpett@mstdn.games 2026-04-22 20:02
@wec *Insert picture of wide open, surprised eyes here* Awesome stuff! Makes my tiny collection of former e-waste pale in comparison...
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@gloriouscow@oldbytes.space 2026-04-22 19:00
@wec wow. following for updates!
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@kirakira@furry.engineer 2026-04-22 22:35
@wec wow!!! how'd you manage that? that's so awesome
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@jgeorge@oldbytes.space 2026-04-22 21:44
@wec CONGRATULATIONS!!! …also humble request for a spare 3490E-A11 control unit if you have any :grimace:
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@WildEyedBoyFromFreecloud@masto.ai 2026-04-22 23:59
@wec 6 sigma makes me twitch, in a not so good way.
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@hallunke23@troet.cafe 2026-04-23 23:54
This sounds too good to be cool. Must be an April fool's joke that is 3 weeks late. @wec