[rescue] IBM RS/6000 9076 Mainframe up on eblay

[Patrick Finnegan]

Dave McGuire declared on Friday 30 April 2004 12:17 pm:
> On Apr 30, 2004, at 1:00 PM, Joshua Boyd wrote:
> >>> The seller is close to me as I bought a challenge from him be4
> >>> but I have no place to put this one at or get power for it.
> >>
> >> Yum yum yum!  Look at his other auctions!  Cray J932!  Of course,
> >> he calls that a "mainframe", too.
> >
> > Ack.  Weren't there only like a dozen 932s made?
>
>    I think it was 20-30.  I don't have exact numbers on those.  In
> total, there were about 400 J90-family machines built, though.  The
> 932 is very different from its predecessors.
>
> > Maybe we need a group collection to get it into the hands of DaveM.
>
>    That would rock.  I would *find* room for that.

I'd contribute if I could play with it occasionally and/or Dave had 
something to "sell" me.

Pat
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