On 19 Feb 2012, at 18:48, Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com> wrote:
On 02/13/2012 09:17 AM, St?phane Tsacas wrote:
NASA unplugs last mainframe
IBM mainframes no longer a NASA workhorse
IBM mainframe available for a collector ?
http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/nasa-unplugs-last-mainframe
The machine in question is a z9, only a few years old. Hardly "collectible",
and the whole world is running them. (and the current model, the z10) I'm sure it
went for bucks to (or via) a reseller, if it was purchased rather than leased.
While your point is valid, if you had the facilities to keep and run 'NASA's last
mainframe' it'd be a pretty cool collector's piece down the line, especially
if you could get some kind of paperwork to prove it's heritage. I am such a
sentimental old romantic (at 31) sometimes ;)
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