mainframes and other stuff

On 11/20/2014 11:36 AM, Electronics Plus wrote: Specifically for the IBM / Amdahl etc. Blue, Red, Orange cabinets 3180 6' box 500# $300 3380 6' box disk drive 600# $300 3370 disk drives, need A and B units $200 (also 3375 if the storage 3180 box comes with it) 4321, 31, 41, 61, these are "deep freeze shaped" $500- $1000 4381 6' box, 900# $1000 370 anything hold out before touching. will catch a jet to look at it if it is processor 360 anything if any exists that isn't known by the community, of course. I don't think any is hiding that someone doesn't know about. Again, probably someone would fly out to access and make a deal. Cables. Channel cables especially blue ones are getting rare, and all the above needs them They have the 2 x 6 x 4" channel connectors. The blue ones have more wires and will work on older equipment that doesn't need all the wires. The older cables may not do that. $30-40 3420 600# $300 (tape drive) 3803 800# $300 (tape controller) (both needed) 3278 (terminals) 3179 (color terminal) (only coax, twinax not so much) I am sure the above would be shelled out by any mainframe collector, just naming names for the guy to list out. I've personally bought at this price range. Basically will pay double metal value. There is some gold in the processors that may now bump the price there, that is just what I got it for originally. I don't have any idea about Amdahl numbers. They used the same storage chains as IBM with their colors, as did Hitachi. I'm sure there are none, but an RCA Spectra 70 or anything 80's and later big iron Univac would also have IBM storage, and all would be interesting, i'm sure. For the air cooled (43xx) mainframes, they have special consoles and control cables, it is critical to collect that when the boxes are delivered. It is like the current shows with airplane repossessions, Get the airplane with logs $ dollars for the deal. Recover it w/o logs, half the value to even less. The 360's and 370's had some requirements too, but it would be sad if the power and control gizmos for the mainframes were lost.