[rescue] Compaq Proliant 8000

[Dan Williams]

Peter L. Wargo wrote:

>On Wed, 28 Apr 2004, Kurt Huhn wrote:
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>>True dat.  I mean, I run x86 boxen as needs arise, but I wouldn't
>>exactly call it a rescue if I got a hold of one.  It's nice that a
>>relatively beefy x86 system was gotten for cheap, but really now....
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>I gotta agree, I just can't think of 99.99% of PeeCee hardware as
>"rescued".  Not tht I'm trying to be snobbish, but in my mind it's the
>same as referring to a Ford Escort as a "collectable" car.  There were a
>few rare ones, but overall it's pedestrian.  (Not that Escorts are bad,
>I still think the '93 wagon I had was a damn good car, but I don't lust
>for another...)
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>-Pete
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I'm more of a vauxhall man myself but how many mint condition mk 1 
escorts have you seen recently.

Dan