The collected works of hirudin

Onyx 3000 system, 12x600MHz, 6GB RAM, dual pipe IR3 graphics with 2 channels and 2xRM10's per pipe, an HD-GVO(TVO) board and VBOB with TMDS.
It's taken over a month to learn how this machine works and to get her working:

At $200 the price seemed right. Just picked up this beauty:




Looks like it was an old discreet system, and comes with GVO and VBOB. Apparently hasn't been powered on since 2005/6, so I'm taking it a bit in faith and we'll see what shape it's in when I start her up. That may be a little bit, cause I'm moving into a new house and there's no 220V line and need to get an electrician in... any recommendations on specs?

I'm excited!

-Jesse-

that's kinda even more interesting. The seller stated it came with a VBOB, but sounds like not. It'll be cool to see what actually is there.

Picking it up tomorrow morning. Excited.

So I got it home. Skins are in good nick, though the craylink cover is a bit beat up... I've got a line on a new one.

I wont be able to power it on until I get a couple of 240 volt lines put in, but it has one graphics pipe with 2 RM-7, GE14-4. Not sure on the procs yet.

Once I have the power and the new cover, I'll upgrade to RM10/GE16-4... unless a couple of RM11's fall from the sky.

-Jesse-

Hi!

With the pickup of my new system, I stripped the old one for the RM's, the GE, the DG5-TVO, the memory and some of the XIO boards.

So, does someone want a free stripped Onyx2? All you need to do is show up with your truck and it's yours.

* The nodeboard in the picture does *not* have 400MHz CPUs, but 250 or 300MHz. The 400MHz CPUs look like this (notice how the cooling fins are different and glued, not screwed):


Thanks for the notes: I did swap out the 14-4 for the 16-4, which would explain that oddness (I was planning to upgrade the RM7 -> RM10, but the new system already has this) but this is the ONLY modification to this system since it was decommissioned and in my stewardship.

This was a working system... it was an inferno in a post house and I moved it personally from that facility in Burbank. It was removed from service, but still connected to the company's network when I turned up. Thus if the XT-HD only works with 400MHz and above, I don't have any clue how they managed it. I looked up the serial numbers online, nekochan and elsewhere, all stated 400MHz. So if they're only 250/300MHz, it just seems odd. Or there are multiple shared components on the 300MHz/400MHz nodeboards that have the same serial #'s?

If only for some 250V!

Thanks for the info, Recondas!

Although the option for free delivery is gone, for any buyer I'll help out any way I can, whether it's referring to well priced freighters to assisting getting this beast into your truck.

Thanks!

-J

recondas wrote:

hirudin wrote: I know moving one of these can be awesome (and by awesome I mean a pain).

Just in case anyone outside of LA might be tempted - moving a single-rack system is pretty straightforward if you have access to a pick up truck and a helper. I picked up the one I had using this method , and it went to the new owner the same way <in a mini-sized pickup truck>.

dc_v01 used the same method when he picked up his Onyx2. He documented the process with photos here: viewtopic.php?f=3&t=16721076

*BUMP*