IBM mainframe goes for 99 cents

[JimD]

Vintage Computer Festival wrote:

>On Thu, 24 Feb 2005, JimD wrote:
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>>>On Thu, 24 Feb 2005, Computer Collector Newsletter wrote:
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>>>>Who else on this list owns a mainframe?  What the heck do you DO
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>>Talk about a mainframe, well actually a real big farm, take a look at this.
>>http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=64031&item=5754425731&rd=1
>>Still listed in the top 500 supers. Battell surplus. zero bids, $12,500
>>starting bid.
>>Jim Davis.
>>I would get it, if I had free power.
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>Dude, you can do some serious damage with this.
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>Or you can just wait about 2-3 years until the next generation
>microprocessors surpass it in power for only $1,200.
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Not for a while, Can you get a machine with  100Gb of ram  and  40 
terabyte of storage for $1200, even in  ten years ( maybe)? You've been 
reading too many IEEE spectrum mags again Selam.
Jim Davis,
ATHF: The clone machine, What  happens when you want too much stuff.?