11 Mar
2014
11 Mar
'14
1:15 p.m.
On Mar 11, 2014, at 3:27 PM, Glen Slick <glen.slick at gmail.com> wrote:
On Tue, Mar 11, 2014 at 12:19 PM, James <james at
slor.net> wrote:
Is that a VAXstation 4000 M90A? The only faster VAXstation being the
4000 M96? Maybe there is an installed base somewhere for which paying
that price for an exact model replacement is cheaper than qualifying
other alternatives?
That would be a DoD contract, where not buying the exact item on the
list could get you fired. Quite likely the only folks who could
properly qualify a replacement (surely Charon-VAX, which emulates
many times faster than a 4000/96, would do the trick unless there's
special hardware) are out of the business at this point.
Don't expect military contracts to operate with any sense of logic.
The people managing the contracts and procuring the parts know about
as much about a VS4000/90 as I know about porcupine mating rituals
(not much, but I suspect they're generally unpleasant).
- Dave
A VAXstation just sold on eBay for $2,021.51.
I may be off my rocker, but that seems a bit high... :)
For a brief moment, I thought that was the same model as one I basically
gave away a couple years ago. I brushed the sweat off my brow when research
proved otherwise. But yeah, what would make that work over $2K?