IBM RS/6000 7044 44P (Model 170 and 270)

System Type: 7044-170, 7044-270

Released in 2000 as both the RS/6000 7044 model 170 and larger model 270 (both using the same motherboard but different chassis), they were built using the POWER3-II and could support up to a whopping 8 GB of RAM (which would have been unthinkable back in 2000 for the intel world). They're fairly ubiquitous towers when it comes to the RS/6000s as many were sold between 2000 ~ 2003, especially the Model 170. IBM had been supporting them at least up until 2005 as the last firmware package is dated from that year.

Downloads

Manuals

• RS/6000 Systems Handbook 2000 Edition
• UNIX Workstations Facts and Features (2003)
• System i & p PCI adapters (44 MB!)
• System i & p fans
• IBM IntelliStation POWER and IBM RS/6000 Graphics Performance Report
• RS/6000 SpaceBall Announcement on AIX

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Firmware, Drivers, & Software

• System Firmware SPH05195 (07/2005) Note: Firmware package contains both DOS (.exe) and AIX (.bin) packages
• IBM RS/6000 7044 Model 170 Installation Guide
• IBM RS/6000 7044 Model 170 Service Guide
• IBM RS/6000 7044 Model 170 User's Guide
• IBM RS/6000 7044 Model 270 Setup Instructions
• IBM RS/6000 7044 Model 270 Service Guide
• IBM RS/6000 7044 Model 270 User's Guide

• 3Dconnexion Xdriver AIX 5+ (4.66 11/18/2005)
• 3Dconnexion Xdriver AIX 4 (4.64 03/04/2005)
• Open Sound System for AIX (OSS/AIX v3.9.8g) Note: you must purchase a license from 4Front Technologies to activate OSS/AIX (while it's released as open source the old UNIX versions are not).

OS Support

• AIX 7.2 Not Supported
• AIX 7.1 Not Supported
• AIX 6.1 Not Supported
• AIX 5.3 Supported (requires at least firmware SPH04194)
• AIX 5.2 Supported
• AIX 5.1 Supported
• AIX 4.3.3 Supported
• AIX 4.2.1 Not Supported
• AIX 3.2.5 Not Supported