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From: davy@ea.ecn.purdue.edu (Dave Curry)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: IBM mainframe for sale
Message-ID: <539@ea.ecn.purdue.edu>
Date: Sun, 20-Sep-87 10:59:53 EDT
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Posted: Sun Sep 20 10:59:53 1987
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In article <46300008@uicsrd> kai@uicsrd.csrd.uiuc.edu writes:
>
>> 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.
>

Well, you could use some other slightly larger machines too... even an
IBM.  The IBM 9370 runs in an unconditioned environment, and will
crank along at about 6 MIPS.  It's actually a pretty slick box - now
if only it ran UNIX!  Sun-3's and Sun-4's and stuff don't need A/C
either.

The mainframe in question (IBM 3033) is probably not worth even the
$5,000 UNLESS you already have one and want spares.  The maintenance
cost on one, according to our local IBM salesman, is about $14,000
per month.  They recently pulled one out of the Admin. DP Center...
they used a BOLT CUTTER to dismantle it, and trashed it.

--Dave Curry