Exactly. We used to joke on our air lanched cruise test racj that having
128k inside of the HP 1000 that it was really a metal box with 2 Commodore
64's inside. The HP and Boeing people saw no fun in our joke for some
reason.
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
[mailto:owner-classiccmp@classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Julius Sridhar
Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2002 11:41 PM
To: Heinz Wolter
Cc: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
Subject: Re: IBM ES/9000 mainframe on ebay
On Thu, 17 Jan 2002, Heinz Wolter wrote:
just thought someone in the group might be interested
in this find - only 64 megs of ram :( location SF, CA
That's 64 MB of *primary* storage. There's probably in-cabinet secondary
storage. And don't forget how old this system is. 8-)
Peace... Sridhar
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1321081283&r…
> owTutorial=0&ed=1011392992&indexURL=0&rd=1
> snip{
> We converted off this IBM Mainframe ES/9000. You are looking at over
> $1,000,000 of equipment (original purchase price). System was under IBM
> Maintenance and was de-installed by IBM Service Techs. late 2001. This
> system would make a great HOT SITE BACK-UP, or break it up and use the
> parts. Must remove from San Francisco (Down Town business location) fast.
> You pay for move out of building!!! NO RESERVE MUST GO. SEE PICTURES FOR
> DETAILS. But includes Operator Console (Pictured), 3174 11l Controller
> (pictured), 3274 41D Controller (pictured), BUS and TAG Cables, 3480 A22
> Cartridge Tape Unit with (4) Tape Devices (Pictured), ES9309-002/
> ES/9000-211 Processor (64Meg Real) Rack (pictured), ES9394-002 Disk Unit
> with 9395-B13 DASD Drives (16)(pictured) NOTE: NO SOFTWARE PER IBM License
> Requirements.
> }