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#3303261 30-Oct-2024 15:40

@neb

mmmm, maybe? We don't think a CoC woulda helped us here, This was more..... them being ~professionals~ and giving the impression of "go away and stop wasting our cycles". Our setup wouldn't've worked on those machines anyway, we need root.

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#3303263 30-Oct-2024 15:42

ThatPrettyFreya: Damn, really? Any point calling universities in Auckland or anything?

I think a better bet would be recyclers like Hangarua on Trademe, a.k.a. this place. They're pretty nice guys and sometimes turn up the most interesting stuff, they may be able to keep an eye out for anything Sparc'y that turns up.

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#3303264 30-Oct-2024 15:43

might give them a ring, yeah

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#3303267 30-Oct-2024 15:47

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Oof, response was basically the same as everywhere else, absolutely confused. *sigh*

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#3303269 30-Oct-2024 15:48

Just had another look, looks like they list under two names, mostly computer stuff (x86) under "abilities" and everything else under Hangarua. The latter has pretty much everything at $39 + shipping while the former is more sellable stuff at standard TM prices.

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#3303270 30-Oct-2024 15:50

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hmrmmm. Gods this is gonna be a quest and a half

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#3303272 30-Oct-2024 15:51

ThatPrettyFreya:

@neb

Oof, response was basically the same as everywhere else, absolutely confused. *sigh*

Try messaging the seller Hangarua on TM or one of the direct email addresses on the site responsible for e-cycling, you probably got the reception folks who are there mostly to direct you to the right recycling bin and organise someone to help carry stuff.

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#3303273 30-Oct-2024 15:52

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Do you have a link to the other store? We found abilities, but not the other one, and wow that abilities one just looks like a laptop explosion at the most middle-of-the-road office ever devised

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#3303275 30-Oct-2024 15:53

neb:

ThatPrettyFreya:

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Oof, response was basically the same as everywhere else, absolutely confused. *sigh*

Try messaging the seller Hangarua on TM or one of the direct email addresses on the site responsible for e-cycling, you probably got the reception folks who are there mostly to direct you to the right recycling bin and organise someone to help carry stuff.

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#3303277 30-Oct-2024 15:57

ThatPrettyFreya: Do you have a link to the other store? We found abilities, but not the other one, and wow that abilities one just looks like a laptop explosion at the most middle-of-the-road office ever devised

Here you go. He lists a huge amount of stuff so you probably don't want to plough through it all but maybe contact him via one of the listings.

Alternatively, does anyone know which, if any, of the folks on the Abilities contact us page it is? There's direct email addresses and numbers on there, but not sure who the right person is.

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#3303299 30-Oct-2024 16:52

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Hi, we're someone who cares, cares enough in fact to get the Hyra OS to adopt SPARC64 as a tier 1 build target

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#3303304 30-Oct-2024 17:13

Nah, you should get JesusOS working on Sparc :-). It's still being actively maintained.

ZealOS strives to be simple, documented, and require as little of a knowledge gap as possible. One person should be able to comprehend the entire system in at least a semi-detailed way within a few days of study.

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#3303306 30-Oct-2024 17:15

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Seems to have a hard-depend on a VGA console; no go

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#3305117 4-Nov-2024 10:10

Would a Sparc Ultra 5 be of any use to you? If so, send me a dm & I'll get something sorted to get it to you. (It's in my cupboard, probably running a 10yo version of debian - I'll turn it on and check it runs if it's of use to you)

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#3305119 4-Nov-2024 10:13

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Unfortunately not, that's got actually lower spec than the Blade 150 we already have. Really need a SUN4V Coolthreads machine

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