30 Oct
2005
30 Oct
'05
1:33 p.m.
Doc Shipley wrote:
Sridhar Ayengar wrote:
I've been looking for a well-priced 595 for a while. Although a newish
rack model would do too.
Peace... Sridhar
Doc Shipley wrote:
Yes, and by the well-known principle of "like attracts like", I now
have 2 of them. The second has 2GB RAM, FWD SCSI, and 10/100 ethernet.
It and an F40 cost me $50. I can attest to that. Pat Finnegan shipped me
a 7013-591 last
year. It's a deskside POWER RS/6000, roughly the size of a DEC BA123
chassis. It's a reinforced composite frame, so much lighter than a
BA123.
That's a *very* nice machine. That's the IBM plastic which is
stronger than steel. 8-)