#cobalt raq

[commodorez]

The Serial Port - Ben Grubbs

"The 1990s come alive through a showcase of Cobalt RaQ web server appliances, a popular solution for your local ISP needing to serve up webpages! Fire up Microsoft FrontPage, one of the first WYSIWYG editors, to craft classic web pages complete with marquee texts and flashy GIFs. We’ll crawl through Geocities archives for the coolest GIF icons and embossed logos. Web pages will be hosted on an operational Cobalt RaQ server, managed with its cutting-edge web based control panel."

He has an excellent youtube channel exploring the equipment that made early ISPs, websites, etc. accessible to small-time users.

VCF East XIX

[b4y2k]

The Cobalt Qube was a computer server appliance product line, meant to be web servers, developed by Cobalt Networks, Inc. (later purchased by Sun Microsystems) from 1998 to 2002 featuring a modified Red Hat Linux operating system and a proprietary GUI for server management. The original Qube systems were equipped with RM5230 or RM5231 microprocessors but later models used AMD K6-2 chips. NetBSD operating system has been ported to both the Cobalt Qube and RaQ.

The Qube 2700 was the first product released by Cobalt Networks in 1998.[2] Mark Orr, one of the Cobalt Networks' CEOs, came up with the cobalt color. The green LED in the front was Bill Scott's idea. The 2700 was not a development version number but came from the atomic number of cobalt, 27. The Qube 2700 used the RM5230 microprocessor.

The next product was called the Qube 2800 before being sold. But, released in 2000, was eventually called the Qube 2, leaving the 2800 to designate the system type. The Qube 2 used the RM5231 microprocessor.

Under an OEM arrangement, the Qube 2 units were also produced by Gateway in the form of the Gateway Micro Server. The casing featured on these units was black instead of cobalt blue.

The Qube 3, released in 2002, used an AMD K6-2 CPU at either 300 MHz or 450 MHz and was the last product in the Qube line.

A fourth Qube model was in development but was never released.[3] However, several models were released in the data center-friendly Cobalt RaQ product line after the Cobalt Qube was discontinued.

[thetechgadgetprovider]

Museum Puts Decades-Old Cobalt RaQ Back On the Internet

http://dlvr.it/Sm5J2J

[ericvanderburg]

Museum Puts Decades-Old Cobalt RaQ Back On the Internet

http://i.securitythinkingcap.com/Sm3bSz

[webdesignersolutions]

The server is more than 20 years old and still in use: Cobalt RAQ Server

Submitted December 05, 2018 at 10:28AM by SeymourMuchmore https://www.reddit.com/r/webhosting/comments/a3efz9/20_years_in_business_in_2019_and_i_am_still/?utm_source=ifttt

from Blogger http://webdesignersolutions1.blogspot.com/2018/12/20-years-in-business-in-2019-and-i-am.html via IFTTT

[musebaz-blog]

Sun Cobalt RaQ XTR 2GB Memory Ram Kit (2x1GB) (A-Tech Brand)

Sun Cobalt RaQ XTR 2GB Memory Ram Kit (2x1GB) (A-Tech Brand) 2GB PC133 SDRAM ECC Registered Kit (2x1GB) for Sun Cobalt RaQ XTR 2GB Memory Ram Kit (2x1GB) (A-Tech Brand)

[webdesignersolutions]

20 years in business in 2019 and I am still amazed that we have an old Cobalt RAQ web server/appliance in use.

The server is more than 20 years old and still in use: Cobalt RAQ Server

Submitted December 05, 2018 at 10:28AM by SeymourMuchmore https://www.reddit.com/r/webhosting/comments/a3efz9/20_years_in_business_in_2019_and_i_am_still/?utm_source=ifttt from Blogger http://webdesignersolutions1.blogspot.com/2018/12/20-years-in-business-in-2019-and-i-am.html via IFTTT