[rescue] rescue Digest, Vol 161, Issue 1

[Patrick Finnegan]

Fwiw, a z890 has the same footprint as a MP/3000 (one rack) only it's a
little taller and (thus) heavier.

Pat
On Apr 3, 2016 11:51 AM, "Fred" <fred at miser.misernet.net> wrote:

> On Fri, 1 Apr 2016 rescue-request at sunhelp.org wrote:
>
> > Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2016 19:36:41 +0200
> > From: Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com>
> > Subject: Re: [rescue] rescue Digest, Vol 160, Issue 22
> >
> > On 30 March 2016 at 18:57, Fred <fred at miser.misernet.net> wrote:
> > > Probably don't have room for a machine of this caliber
> >
> >
> > They're not all that big!
> >
> > ClassicCmp member Guy Sotomayor ( http://www.shiresoft.com/ ) has a
> > smaller S/390 mainframe. He has a video of the bootup sequence here:
>
> Yep!  I am "familiar" with that machine in the fact that he (Guy) won it
> only a few hundred more than my max bid.  I was glad to see it went to a
> fellow collector.  I could easily fit an MP3000 here in the house, but
> nothing of the caliber that the 18 year old gentleman previously posted
> about on the list had scored.  I'm still hunting though.  Would love to
> find an MP3000 or similar size IBM mainframe (with z/VM on it, cough) for
> hobbyist use. :)
>
> Fred
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