[geeks] valuation on a sparc 2 / ss10?

[doctor obnox son of a bitch]

On Sun, Jan 13, 2002 at 10:55:29PM -0500, Dave McGuire had the audacity to opine:
> On January 13, Peter L. Wargo wrote:
> > >   One thing that I am looking for, that I would greatly appreciate any
> > > help in finding, is an FPS AP-120B (or similar) array processor.  It's
> > > an old (late 1970s) attached processor with a very interesting
> > > architecture that I'd like to do some stuff with.  If anyone knows
> > > where one of these might be, please let me know.  They were commonly
> > > connected to unibus pdp11 systems.  It's a rackmount chassis maybe two
> > > feet tall.
> > 
> > I'll ask around.  Are you serious, as in shipping and paying for it, 
> > etc?  OR just curious?
> 
>   Well, I'm flat broke...but I'm quite serious.  I think the Cray supers
> in my computer room provide adequate proof of my seriousness. ;) The
> brokeness situation will change sooner or later...hopefully sooner.
> 
>      -Dave
> 

It really irks me that there are so many clueful people on this list who
are unemployed, while there are a buttload of MSCE weenies out there
drawing paychecks.

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Eric J. Gustafson                                   drobnox at visi.com