21 Apr
1997
21 Apr
'97
9:40 a.m.
Yeah, the Lawrence Livermore Labs here in California
phased out their CRAY
I a couple years back and the high bidder was a scrap dealer who bought it
for...I forget how much. Either it was $10,000 or he expected to get
$10,000 out of the metals in it. At any rate, reading his quote in the
paper about what he would get after melting it down got me incensed.
Those older Crays are loaded with good metal; most of the weight of the
machine (tons?) is from the slabs of copper the boards are mounted to.
Of course this means no Cray-1s will ever get into private hands, unless
someone wants to pay the price.
I do not think the newer Crays are nearly as valuable, but I could be
wrong.
William Donzelli
william(a)ans.net