IBM RS/6000 43P Model 260 (7043-260)
System Type: 7043-260
Advisory: confusingly, the RS/6000 7043 is one of the few unique 'system types' that features dissimilar hardware! Normally an IBM system type indicates that the motherboard/firmware and other main components remain similar, but not so with the RS/6000 7043 43P and its various (incompatible) models between one another.
Released in 1998, manufacturing ceased in 2000 but IBM continued to support these systems up until 2017 (like most RS/6000s).
Downloads
--> System Firmware SPX05217 (11/2005)
Note: Firmware package contains both DOS (.exe) and AIX (.bin) packages
--> IBM RS/6000 7043 Model 260 Setup Instructions
--> IBM RS/6000 7043 Model 260 Service Guide
--> IBM RS/6000 7043 Model 260 User's Guide
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--> 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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--> 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
AIX 7.2 Not SupportedAIX 7.1 Not Supported
AIX 6.1 Not Supported
AIX 5.3 Supported
AIX 5.2 Supported
AIX 5.1 Supported
AIX 4.3.3 Supported
AIX 4.2.1 Supported
AIX 3.2.5 Not Supported