[geeks] Want a very 'special' machine to play with??? (fwd)

[Peter L. Wargo]

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Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2001 14:49:53 -0400
From: Dick Joltes <djoltes at attglobal.net>
To: Alan Richer <Alan_Richer at lotus.com>, Ken Leonard <ken at kleonard.com>,
     Peter L. Wargo <pwargo at basenji.com>, dlevey at authentica.com
Subject: Want a very 'special' machine to play with???

Posted by a guy at Harvard (I'm still on the mailing lists there):

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My apologies for posting to the main list...but this is a VERY special 
giveaway that needs and deserves the widest possible scope.

This is one unique system giveaway...last of the dinosaurs wants a good 
home; and we want the space it occupies.

The SGI PowerSeries III 4d/48VGX is a beast of an IRIX system (or was in 
it's day).  This system was a graphics workhorse that ruled the world of 
high-end Structural Biology Molecular Modeling; chewing up other systems 
in its wake. Today it is a fossil that could have high appeal to a 
computer archeologist.

This system is about the size of a LARGE refrigerator, runs on 220V 
power (and knows how to USE IT!!). The system is currently not in 
operation; but for those that know how, or want a unique project, it can 
be a serviceable working unit.

Expensive to purchase originally; reputedly around $250K, This is a 
classic system that is destined as a museum piece...it would be a real 
shame if this ends up being discarded.

Here's a couple of links on this unit and its family, for those with 
interest:

http://www.reputable.com/~skywriter/pstech/index.html

http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Pines/2258/4dfaq.html

You must be able to remove the system via your own transportation. The 
system is located on the Harvard Medical School campus.

Please: Serious Inquires only...remember you must truck this system 
out on your own; and it MUST be removed in a timely fashion.

Michael

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Michael Goodman
Unix Systems Administrator
Harvard Medical School
West Quad Computing Group
Seely G. Mudd Building/Room 204D
250 Longwood Avenue
Boston, MA 02115-5731
Tel: 617-432-4588
Fax: 617-738-0516
Email: mgoodman at hms.harvard.edu
Web: http://sbweb.med.harvard.edu/mjg/