Re: Model 320 questions

["Larry Bolhuis" <lbolhuis@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Yes V3R2 is the end of the road for sure. It may weight much more than 
300lbs too as the 320s had room for 4 CPUS they required a top-hat which 
adds poundage and power consumption. Memory is getting a tad fuzzy on 
those but I think you need a second tower to go beyond about 2 or 4 
drives, requiring yet more power and cooling and space.  They did require 
208/240 volts as I recall and may also have had an extra 'shin-buster' 
CPMS battery sitting along side. I can't recall if that was mandatory or 
optional (I'm leaning optional) because replacing those batteries won't be 
cheap and they are likely dead by now.

I'm guessing the 320 with a second expansion unit would slurp down at 
least a hundred bucks a month in power and kick out a big-ol-pile of BTUs 
in the deal. And you better have a good source of spare drives for that 
guy because those drives are getting positively ancient by now and 
sticktion was a problem back then.

For my $$s I'd hunt around for an old 170 or even 270.

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That's pretty far back...

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I think V3R2 would be the final number and it weighs 300lbs.





Peter Dow (ML) wrote:

> Hi Everyone,
>
> I have the opportunity to acquire a working model 320, but I have some 
> questions.
>
> What is the latest OS release that it supports?
>
> What is the power requirement? 110/220? Wattage?
>
> Any caveats I should be aware of?
>
> *Peter Dow* /
> Dow Software Services, Inc.
> 909 793-9050
> pdow@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:pdow@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> /