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From: kai@uicsrd.csrd.uiuc.edu
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Subject: Re: IBM mainframe for sale
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Date: Fri, 18-Sep-87 22:13:00 EDT
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Posted: Fri Sep 18 22:13:00 1987
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> Richard Morin ({hoptoad,ptsfa}!cfcl!rdm) writes:
> 
> I made a firm decision a few years ago which has served me well ever
> since:  Never buy equipment that won't run in an unconditioned room
> on standard wall current.

Sounds like you don't use anything larger than a workstation, maybe a
small Microvax.  Nowhere near the power of a 3033.

This offer (if it is valid) sounds a lot like the Commodore 128 story.  Buy
the cpu for next to nothing, followed by lots of little extras, like
software, peripherals, networking equipment, not to mention the staff of at
least ten it takes to run a large IBM data center (systems and operations)
effectively.  And a 3033 IS LARGE too.  I wonder who pays shipping?

I'll bet the US Government would be interested.  Having worked for them in
the past, I can vouch for the fact they they LIKE using old IBM systems.  The
place I worked at spent more than the cost of a new faster, cooler, smaller
4341 getting an old 370/165 to work with MVS and support more than the IBM
recommended maximum 3 Mb memory.


Patrick Wolfe

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