IBM IntelliStation POWER 265
System Type: 9112
Released in 2002 the 265 had some specifications way ahead of its time and was the first in the IntelliStation lineup to feature POWER CPUs (in this case POWER3-II). Its processors had 4MB of *ECC* L2 cache and it could support up to 8 GB of RAM; Intel-based machines had trouble reaching that in 2006. Traditionally POWER has always had large amounts of CPU cache which is one reason why they're so expensive, only recently has Intel started to catch up with aging memory and CPU cache limitations.
Due to the age of the POWER processor, it doesn't even support AIX 6.1.
Downloads
Manuals
- IBM IntelliStation POWER Workstation Overview
- IBM IntelliStation POWER 265 Workstation
- IBM IntelliStation POWER 265 Presentation (2002)
- TAGITT-CATIA V4/ENOVIA DMU Evaluation
- 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
Firmware, Drivers, & Software
- 3Dconnexion 3DxWare AIX Driver (1.6.0 11/29/2011)
- 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: it seems that the 3DxWare driver should support the SpaceBall and SpaceMouse, along with offering new support for the SpacePilot and SpaceExplorer on AIX. However if that's not the case the older Xdriver can be used.
Note #2: 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). OSS/AIX is very buggy and probably has issues on newer versions though, the original developer stopped maintaining it as AIX and software continued to mature.
OS Support
AIX
- AIX 7.3 Not Supported
- AIX 7.2 Not Supported
- AIX 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 Probably Not Supported
- AIX 3.2.5 Not Supported