[rescue] s/390 on ebay

[vance at neurotica.com]

I'm sorry.  Upon closer inspection, it appears to be an 8-CPU S/390 G4
CPU.  Worth possessing.  But only if it works.

Peace...  Sridhar

On Thu, 5 Jun 2003 vance at mail.neurotica.com wrote:

>
> It's just the CPU.  Nothing else.  Plus, he gives no information.  That
> could be one of several systems.  He should give the model number.  It
> could be worth $5K, but only if it was uninstalled by IBM with the proper
> care.  It sure doesn't look like it.  Also, where did he get the 600V
> figure for the power supply?  Every S/390 I've ever seen (and I've seen
> quite a few) runs on 208V 3-phase.  I've *heard* of ones being powered by
> 480.
>
> Peace...  Sridhar
>
> On Thu, 5 Jun 2003, Andrew Weiss wrote:
>
> > So enlighten us... what exactly are we looking at in this auction...
> > i.e. what is the person really trying to sell.  (What parts of an S/390)
> >
> > Andrew
> >
> > On Wednesday, June 4, 2003, at 10:44  PM, vance at neurotica.com wrote:
> >
> > > This person doesn't know what they're talking about.  Not even a
> > > little.
> > >
> > > Peace...  Sridhar
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