I have a friend who no longer uses his z50 since he dropped it and the
screen cracked (incidentally, IBM will repair a z50 screen, for
something like $700.  A bit steep for a $300 machine.)  He'd probably be
willing to sell it cheap for a worthy project such as this (maybe even
donate it, if you were willing to pay shipping).  It still works on the
external video adapter, I believe, although it'd need to be reinstalled;
it's running a pretty old NetBSD install...

Would this be interesting?  Should I ask him if he's interested?

chad

> Date: Sun, 03 Feb 2002 22:58:43 -0500
> From: Andrew Diller <dillera@sudanacid.com>
> To: port-hpcmips@netbsd.org
> Subject: z50 on the net available for builds
> Sender: port-hpcmips-owner@netbsd.org
> 
> Hello:
> 
> So I'm working on getting my Z50 up on the net completely, as a dev machine 
> for anyone to build on.
> 
> Right now I have the z50 with a 4 gig scsi drive (connected with the 
> SLIMSCSI 1060) and a socket LPE for the net connection.
> 
> Its connected to my dsl line, which isn't bad for tty connections.
> 
> I'm planning on leaving it up and purchasing another z50 on ebay for my 
> real use-- but I'd love someone to use this to get a fully working kernel 
> that does both gregs TP and the suspend stuff (which Alexander Bochmann 
> seems to have working).
> 
> Anyways, the machine should be up by tomorrow, with a fresh 1.5.2 install 
> that's just finishing now.
> 
> Email me if you want an account-- anyone can have one, as long as you are 
> building some cool stuff and furthering Z50 development.
> 
> I'll put up a webserver with some info. THe machine will be reachable at:
> 
> z50.sudanacid.com
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> andy diller