31 Jul
2005
31 Jul
'05
3:44 p.m.
'VAX model 83k03820102 cost $537,300'
I'm guessing some kind of VAX 8300 system.
'Digital Computer model 7FBMAXA'
'Digital Computer model 7FAMXA cost $433,750'
Those are alphaserver 8400 systems.
I believe those part number originally specified entire systems
(CPU + peripherals + adapters + possibly cluster hardware) and I
don't know what was attached to the CPU. Chances are they came
from the factory configured with disks, tapes,
ethernet, CI, etc.
Maybe they've been expanded over the years, maybe the stuff
outside
the box isn't part of the auction, etc.
Alphaserver 8400's were a pretty kick-ass system in the late 90's.
Extreme multiprocessor and I/O busses (I think 12 CPU's in some
configs, lotsa PCI backplanes, etc.) I'd hazard a guess that a system
that originally cost a good chunk of a million dollars has multiple
CPU's and a lot of peripherals. In today's world of 160 GByte drives
costing $100 maybe others aren't so interested in big farms of SCSI
disks anymore...
Tim.