[rescue] Mainframe on eBay

[Brian Howe]

I've worked with 6800s, E10Ks and E15Ks and they eat memory, boards,
and CPUs quite rapidly... and these were not even the productions
boxen under any kind of heavy load.

On 9/16/05, Patrick Giagnocavo 717-201-3366 <patrick at zill.net> wrote:
> On Fri, 2005-09-16 at 19:44, Skeezics Boondoggle wrote:
>
> > They're going fully-configured for under $10K; heck, someone in .au just
> > bought one down there with 30 CPUs and 28GB for under $1600 USD.
>
> I acutally thought about buying an E10K; but someone I know counseled me
against it, saying that they eat CPUs and are often getting boards replaced in
them.
>
> Of course, without a service contract, you won't get that done for you :-)
>
> --Patrick
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