Well I managed to win two different eBay auctions that were just a goldmine of computer parts -most of which I plan to use for my business. Read on for the pics…
Just some of the awesome help I had unloading all the gear this past Sunday afternoon (after sleeping in to recover from the previous days’ loading -done alone).
Some of the many industrial-class computer pieces I snatched. The top 3 racks are chocked full of modems (the remnants of a FAXing service tel-com company). The bottom 2 cases are power conditioners.
Enterprise Sun server. I don’t know the condition of the insides (I’m guessing it’s been gutted), but there are still 3 hot-swap power supplies on the back (that weigh a ton).
Here’s the jackpot of ’em all!! Nearly 30 rackmount chassis with the original power supplies. The 5U cases (the slightly taller ones) have dual redundant power supplies that hot-swap from the front. Each case weighs about 50 lbs. so I’m pretty sore right now! All of these cases used single-board-computers (SBC’s) and a passive backplane which means that a standard motherboard will not be easily dropped in (but not impossible either). I may get a simple ATX motherboard tray and bolt it in the back but I’m still undecided. Many of the SBC’s still have their P-II and P-III processors so I’m expecting to revive several of these guys for my own purposes!
More fun with my samurai swords!
I want to thank all of you that helped out this past Sunday. I never would have made it through without it and it means a lot to me that on short notice you guys all made the effort to help out an aging old brother that got WAAAAY in over his head thinking I could move all this stuff on my own!