An IBM RS/6000 from 1997

A physical deep-dive of this IBM RS/6000 F40 RISC Unix workstation from 1997. We'll have a look at all the hardware, turn it on, and try to see if we can get it to detect a SCSI hard drive.

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00:00 Intro
00:24 Background of the IBM RS/6000
02:56 Front Overview
11:05 SSA Hard Drive Bays
15:36 Looking Inside
19:10 Back Connectors
25:10 Pulling the SCSI, Video, and CPU cards
27:37 Removing a Broken LED
28:38 Power Up
31:35 Looking at the Firmware and SMS
33:29 Trying to Detect a Drive
36:14 Outro