[rescue] rescue Digest, Vol 161, Issue 1

[Dave McGuire]

   Pat I think you may be thinking of the short-chassis version of the 
MP2003.  The z890 is A LOT bigger than an MP3000.  Even just the footprint 
of the z890 is about 3x that of the MP3000.   The height difference is 
about a factor of three, and the weight easily a factor of six.  I have 
both models here a few feet apart.

                  -Dave


On April 3, 2016 9:09:40 PM Patrick Finnegan <pat at computer-refuge.org> wrote:

> Fwiw, a z890 has the same footprint as a MP/3000 (one rack) only it's a
> little taller and (thus) heavier.
>
> Pat
> On Apr 3, 2016 11:51 AM, "Fred" <fred at miser.misernet.net> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 1 Apr 2016 rescue-request at sunhelp.org wrote:
>>
>> > Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2016 19:36:41 +0200
>> > From: Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com>
>> > Subject: Re: [rescue] rescue Digest, Vol 160, Issue 22
>> >
>> > On 30 March 2016 at 18:57, Fred <fred at miser.misernet.net> wrote:
>> > > Probably don't have room for a machine of this caliber
>> >
>> >
>> > They're not all that big!
>> >
>> > ClassicCmp member Guy Sotomayor ( http://www.shiresoft.com/ ) has a
>> > smaller S/390 mainframe. He has a video of the bootup sequence here:
>>
>> Yep!  I am "familiar" with that machine in the fact that he (Guy) won it
>> only a few hundred more than my max bid.  I was glad to see it went to a
>> fellow collector.  I could easily fit an MP3000 here in the house, but
>> nothing of the caliber that the 18 year old gentleman previously posted
>> about on the list had scored.  I'm still hunting though.  Would love to
>> find an MP3000 or similar size IBM mainframe (with z/VM on it, cough) for
>> hobbyist use. :)
>>
>> Fred
>> _______________________________________________
>> rescue list - http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/rescue
> _______________________________________________
> rescue list - http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/rescue