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From: hare@cs.purdue.EDU (Steve Hare)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sequent
Subject: Sequent S27 - FOR SALE - Price Reduced to $40K
Keywords: Sequent, Symmetry, multiprocessor
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Date: 3 Oct 90 21:40:09 GMT
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Organization: Department of Computer Science, Purdue University
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The Computer Science Department at Purdue University is consolidated
two Sequent Computers into one cabinet and will be selling a small S27
configuration as follows:

S27 Building Block

  Powered main system cabinet
  Powered expansion cabinet
  1 Dual Processor board (2 CPU's)
  8MB ECC memory w/controller
  SCED card with ethernet interface
  1/4" streamer tape w/target adapter
  264MB disk w/DCC
  16 Asynchrounous ports
  16-user software and documentation

Additional hardware/software

  8 MB memory controller
  Dynix license upgrade 16-64 users
  Fortran
  NFS (2-6 CPU's)

This machine was delivered in October of 1987 and had a list price of
$155,260 at that time. We are asking $40,000 for this machine and will
consider all serious offers. For further information, please contact
me by e-mail at the address below.

Steve Hare	    Research Facilities Manager
Purdue University	   Computer Sciences Department
hare@cs.purdue.edu  (ARPA) 	...!purdue!hare  (UUCP)
317-494-7820