[rescue] IBM IntelliStation POWER5 9111-285

[Mark Benson]

On 13 Jan 2012, at 17:45, Kevin Bowling wrote:

> On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 7:45 AM, Mark Benson <md.benson at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I posted this on geeks but thought I'd post here too. Picked up a pretty
>> stellar bargain on eBay UK:
>>
>> http://item.mobileweb.ebay.co.uk/viewitem?itemId=180792593902
>>
>> (Item: 180792593902 )
>>
>> No affiliation and I left posting it here until mine was delivered because
I
>> honestly didn't believe it was legitimate until I got the tracking number
off
>> the seller but sure enough mine was still packed on a pallet and the box
seal
>> was still in tact.
>>
>> The box is just the tower and the power cable and the diagnostic DVDs. No
OS
>> or software entitlements included, but if you have a recent copy of AIX 5L
>> 5.3, 6L or 7L this will run those. Various Linux distros are also
available
>> (Fedora, Debian, CruxPPC, Gentoo) also.
>>
>> Best price I can find a USED one is 500 quid approx.

In case anyone is interested he's re-listed the last 2 machines at:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170764503813

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