[SunRescue] 'nother Cay J90 on EBay for 5K

[David Michaud]

Dave McGuire wrote:
> 
> On March 24, Chris Byrne wrote:
> > Yet another vray J90 on ebay for around 4 grand. Anyone know of a good page
> > on the history of cray, and the technical or anecdotal stuff about the
> > machines?
> >
> >
> > http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1224450674
> 
>   That's one of the ones that was up there last week.  He's relisted
> it about four times.  As far as I've been able to fine out, he keeps
> getting buyers from overseas.  Exporting this sort of hardware is no
> picnic.
> 
>   You'll find very, very little technical information online.  I've
> done a lot of work with these machines; if you have any specific
> questions please don't hesitate to send me private email.
> 
>          -Dave McGuire

That system also looks pretty stripped. I would bet that what is there
is not its original configuration. No info on its configuration either,
and judging by the pics, not worth $5k + whatever to ship it, IMHO.

-Dave