[rescue] Great Deal on a Power Challenge in Maryland

[Sheldon T. Hall]

Lionel Peterson writes ...
> > From: "J. Alexander Jacocks" <jjacocks at mac.com>
> >
> > Man, I wish I had a place to put this:
> >
> >
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3094304907
> >
> > (ends in < 1 hour, currently at $715.00)
>
> Went for $1,050...

It went for $1,050 this time ... if you follow the link from the auction
page to the benchmark page, you'll see that a system like that (plus 3 disk
cabinets) was a bit over $2,000,000 when new.

Follow
http://www.jabem.com/Documentation/Challenge%20XL%20Bench%20Mark%20007-2221-
001.pdf and look at page 5 ... Highlights?  2 GB of RAM was $212,576, and
the 2 GB system disk was $8,900....

$2,000,000 in 1997.

$0,001,050 in 2004.

Amazin', innit?

-Shel