3 Nov
2011
3 Nov
'11
6:40 p.m.
On 11/03/2011 09:23 PM, leaknoil wrote:
What am I missing ? Why did this go for almost $3,000
? It looks like it
was run over with a truck too. It doesn't look like a fake bidding war
either. There were several bidders and they look legit. Are these used
in some legacy system that makes them special ?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/390359982722
Ohhhhh, a 4000-96. They always go for VERY serious cash.
First of all, they're quite fast for being so small; often the
fastest way to run VAX binaries without pulling gobs of electricity.
Second, a lot of gov't agencies use them for some very specific software
that only runs on VAXen. (the US Gov't is FULL of VAXen, specifically
in defense sector)
-Dave
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Dave McGuire
New Kensington, PA