Server space, SGI O2 drive sled, DEC 3000-300x (Pelican+)

[Scott Stevens]

On Tue, 05 Apr 2005 09:03:58 -0400
Gary Sparkes <mokuba at gmail.com> wrote:

> First off, if anyone ever needs some server space to just dump stuff,
> I've got about a gig of space I can dish out for files and stuff, and
> ~15 gigs of b/w a month for usage, over charges are negligable anyway,
> so feel happy to have fun with whatever you upload (email me for info)
> 
> Also, I've got an O2 with all sorts of goodies (loaded with ram,
> analog a/v board, etc) but no drive sled! I check ebay often but
> (unless I'm doing something stupid) I don't see any.
> 
> Finally, does anyone have OS (Tru64 or else) that will run on a
> 3000-300x? It's got 256 megs ram, and two internal 4.3's that I'm not
> sure will actually work, but I've no way to test, anyone who knows
> anything about this info I'd love to hear from you.
> 
> Thanks!
> -- 
> Gary G. Sparkes Jr.
> KB3HAG - FM19t
> 
> 

An O2 drive sled doesn't do anything electrical.  The back end of the
SCA hard drive plugs directly into the O2's circuitry.  You might want
to experiment with wooden shims and spacers.

I have two O2's here, both of which arrived with no drive sled either. 
Then I got a drive and sled in the bottom of a box of junk (that also
included a number of SGI keyboards and mice for the O2 (PS/2 type
interface).