[rescue] J90 on epay

[OutBack Dingo]

In that case I would suggest that we leave this to Dave, Im sure dave wants
it, but like I said hes got one, though if he isnt willing to pick it up, I
will.  Im sure I could find a proper use for it. Even after the discussions
ive had with dave about this.

On 3/2/03 10:29 PM, "Dan Sikorski" <me at dansikorski.com> wrote:

> On Sun, 2003-03-02 at 22:07, OutBack Dingo wrote:
>> Yes Dave and Myself have been discussing this also, we are both interested,
>> though he has one, and I believe he has more of a use for it then myself.
>> Though I want it anyway, yet it is probably more likely he will have a
>> better use for it. My biggest concerns are actually the functional part,
>> like getting it online. If it was complete, running id have gone for it,
>> though still havent decided to not. I believe if Dave decides he doesn9t
>> want it, I might be willing to pick it up, though we need to have this
>> dicussion. I nobody says anything. Well go for it.
> 
> Well, i too don't want to pay $2000+ for a very large hunk of metal that
> doesn't work, but i don't think that would be the case.  Realize that
> the guy who listed this has absolutly no clue what it is and no clue as
> to how it works.  It's a salvage operation.  If you went in there and
> told him that it works (or doesn't work) he would believe you.  But you
> probably already figured that from the listing.  ("I was told there was
> a problem with the scusi interface hanging and causing a panic on the
> motherboard.")  I would bet that it works just fine and was just
> decomissioned.  Hell, it might have been taken down because the people
> who knew what they were doing with it left, or the project that it was
> used for was over.  Yes, it's still a gamble, but, $1500 seems like a
> DAMN low price for it to me.
> 
> The thing that holds me back is the practicality of it.  So i get it and
> it works, i can power it up and it runs.  Now what?  I've never been a
> programmer, and i don't think that a cray would be the place to learn
> even if i wanted to, and it's not like there's off-the-shelf software
> for the j90.  I have ZERO practical use for this machine.  I'm sure i'd
> learn a shitload about the machine and some about crays in general, but
> i don't think that would get me anywhere.  I already have computers here
> that i'm not using for anything, and i would hate to have this be
> another.  But, god would it be a great project to get it going.
> 
> -Dan Sikorski
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