On Sat, Jan 1, 2022 at 12:47 PM Guy Dunphy via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
> At 07:50 PM 1/01/2022 +0000, you wrote: > >> > >True. But if you're trying to get > $5000 for something, it doesn't seem > unreasonable to suggest that investing a bit in getting an extension cord > run to the location of the machine would be a good idea. The absence of > that effort makes me wonder if the owner knows what the outcome of such a > test would be and doesn't want to have to report it. > >> > > > >But what would that accomplish? I think testing something like this > requires a lot more effort than plugging it in and hitting the circuit > breaker. To test this to see if some ODT comes up probably requires quite a > lot of effort (locate a terminal/pc, wire it up, figure out where to plug > it into the 780, etc. If this guy is a bulk dealer I would be surprised if > he has the knowledge to do anything more than a power test which, again, > would not be very useful and could even be detrimental. > > > Exactly. The machine has a 3-phase 208/240V plug, they don't have such an > outlet. Their efforts stop right there. > > But you're all focussed on that, and missing another important detail. The > machine has a liquid cooling system. > Some of the hoses look like they are Tygon, in the age-decayed brittle > stage. Touch them and they crumble away. > Running the machine without cooling would utterly wreck it. Even if they > solved the mains power problem, > they would be very unwise to actually power it up. > For clarification -- the 11/780 is not liquid cooled. The seller mixed up some photos between the TU77 listing and the 11/780 listing (the TU77 listing has photos of the 11/780's backplane in it just to make things more fun). Agreed on all other counts, though, powering this thing up blindly is a dumb idea. - Josh
