[rescue] Resurrecting an IBM RS/6000 model 590

[Dave McGuire]

On Feb 9, 2004, at 5:32 PM, Francisco Javier Mesa-Martinez wrote:
>>    IT SHIPS ME THE MASPAR OR IT GETS THE HOSE AGAIN.
>
> No MasPar for you vector boy! :) This thing is waaaaaaay too big to 
> ship
> it, and I do not know how to deal with freight. It is a 4 cabinet 
> system,
> with the actual front end system, and a slew of manuals. It is one of 
> the few
> complete of such machines that I know of. There are some folks from a
> computer museum that may show up to pick it up, so I give preference to
> them (since the machine will be in a public place so people can 
> actually
> learn one thing or two about what was SIMD :) ).

   Sounds like it needs to come here. :)

        -Dave

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Dave McGuire                      "My tummy hurts now, but my soul
St. Petersburg, FL                 feels a little better."     -Ed