[SunRescue] good news

[Dave McGuire]

  Well, my first Cray was an eBay deal...it's a newer machine, though,
and isn't that difficult to move or power.

  Older Crays, however, (and some of the larger newer ones) pull
TRULY ENORMOUS amounts of electrical power.  And turn it all into heat.

          -Dave McGuire

On October 1, Stou Sandalski wrote:
> This is kinda OT but since this is the only old-skool hardware list I
> read... has anyone heard of something about a guy buying a Cray on eBay for
> 40K and having to rent special equipment to transport it thorugh the states,
> then having PG&E install a special power outlet on his house to power the
> thing?
> 
> STou
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: rescue-admin at sunhelp.org [mailto:rescue-admin at sunhelp.org]On
> > Behalf Of Bill Bradford
> > Sent: Sunday, October 01, 2000 21:17
> > To: rescue at sunhelp.org
> > Subject: Re: [SunRescue] good news
> >
> >
> <snip>
> > you had someone behind the scenes going "NO!  NOT ANOTHER CRAY!
> > NOT A SINGLE
> > ONE!" 8-)
> >
> > --
> > Bill Bradford * KD5LQR
> >   mrbill at mrbill.net
> >     Austin, TX
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