New hardware has arrived
As it turned out, it is a genuine |D|I|G|I|T|A|L| PWS 500au, but it’s only 256 Mb of memory, and it’s console – SRM – is gone. So there is still something to work on, on that machine. This I will do later this week, to get it up-and-running by itself, and, if possible, from shared SCSI. It should be possible since this firmware does accept a KZPBY card: It’s the same machine as Diana but running at a bit lower speed.
Athena revived
The 2001 laptop (Compaq Evo 1020v) has been revived. I deleted the Linux partitions – the external video wasn’t addressed and since the LCD screen is somewhat broken, this external video is simply required. Next I had to use the boot-CD to repair startup: running FIXMBR and FIXBOOT to have it boot from the disk again. OInce that was done, a massive amount of updates had to be installed – it has been off-duty for over a year, I think….
It’s only 512 Mb – with 74 Mb shared with the video card, so speed is something you should forget. I’m still considereing what to do with it. Perhaps an entry box for testing?
What goes on behind the doors of the (private) data center