[rescue] Proposed SGI group buy (used 1100 servers, Octanes, Zx10s)

[Chris Hedemark]

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I don't want to put a damper on things for Americans, but since Sept 
11, 2001 I've found that every piece of computer equipment that I've 
gotten from outside the country (even Canada!) has been torn apart and 
molested by US Customs.  I'm not suggesting that you shouldn't get in 
on this deal, but maybe suggesting that you should expect the machines 
to not be cosmetically in great shape (I've seen lots of broken plastic 
over the last year) and just be pleasantly surprised if customs didn't 
touch 'em.

CJH

On Friday, November 1, 2002, at 07:39 PM, Gavin Hubbard wrote:

> Hi Lads
>
> I'm putting together another group buy opportunity on used SGI 
> equipment.
> This deal will be of most interest to people in New Zealand & 
> Australia,
> but I can also ship to the USA and other locations.
>
> There are approximately forty SGI 1100 servers. These comprised a
> render-farm at Weta Digital and were used to render CGI effects for the
> Lord of the Rings movies. They are guaranteed to be complete & 
> original (no
> 3rd party hardware), and working. They were used for around nine 
> months and
> all have the following configuration:
>
> SGI 1100 (1U rack server - Serverworks III LE chipset)
> Dual FC-PGA PIII 1GHz CPUs
> 512MB or 1GB of RAM
> 20GB IDE disk (ATA66)
> Slim-line CDROM + floppy
> Rack-rails
>
> I can sell these for around 1150USD each. I can probably do a better 
> price
> if I get enough orders. Shipping price to be calculated from Auckland, 
> New
> Zealand.
>
> I can also get cheap Octanes (512MB, 9GB, KB a& mouse, no media kit, SE
> graphics). I can sell these for 350USD for 250MHz/2MB R10K systems, and
> 650USD for 300MHz/2MB R12K systems. Shipping to be calculated from
> Melbourne, Australia.
>
> I may have an opportunity to get some cheap SGI Zx10 workstations with
> Wildcat 4110 cards (these are beasts - essentially the same machine as 
> the
> Intergraph Zx10).
>
> Please email me off-list if you are interested in any of the above.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Gavin Hubbard
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>

Chris Hedemark
Hillsborough, NC
http://yonderway.com


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