New subject: LET'S RESOLVE THIS ISSUE was (Re: Made a deal to get a Vax6000,2 Fujitsu Supercomputers and TOPS10???)

25 Nov 1999

-----Original Message-----
From: Dave McGuire &lt;mcguire(a)neurotica.com&gt;
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
&lt;classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu&gt;
Date: Thursday, November 25, 1999 5:28 PM
Subject: Re: LET'S RESOLVE THIS ISSUE was (Re: Made a deal to get a
Vax6000,2 Fujitsu Supercomputers and TOPS10???)

...
 On Thu, 25 Nov 1999, John B wrote:
>The fujitsu is *HUGE*... I doubt anyone here would want to even try and run
...
 >it. Its worth more in parts than whole. It's
not old (6 maybe 7 years).. so
...
 >what does one do?? The boards are nice, they look
great.. Collectors are
>looking for this kind of stuff to hang on their walls... can't possibly run
...
  it. 
  That's a big assumption.  I know someone who would want it...and want to
*run* it...and has the heat/power/space capabilities to do so.  I can't speak
...
 for him of course, but I'll be he'd be
interested right now.

  But was anyone ever given the chance?

You are talking right out of line here Dave. I haven't even picked up the
units yet. When I do, I will offer it (as I have everything else)... Start
reading the messages first Dave..

I am starting to understand why scrappers/factories won't take your calls
and just melt the stuff.

...
   Supercomputers rarely have high resale value because
of the specificity of
...
 their applications.  That translates to
"worthless", or relatively so when
compared with their often-multimillion-dollar new cost.  The important thing to
...
 note, however, is that WORTHless != USEless. 
Somewhere, there will be someone
...
 who would peel off their fingernails to get their hands
on such a machine.

That's right. EBay seems to bring people together that way..

WORTHLESS = NOT WORTH THE MONEY TO PAY FOR AND PICK UP.

However, the Fujitsu might be worth some bucks as parts... and just might
make 4 others *work* again.

...
              -Dave McGuire