Please help find a home for this system:
This is one unique system giveaway...last of the dinosaurs wants a
good home; and we want the space it occupies.
The SGI PowerSeries III 4d/48VGX is a beast of an IRIX system (or was
in it's day). This system was a graphics workhorse that ruled the
world of high-end Structural Biology Molecular Modeling; chewing up
other systems in its wake. Today it is a fossil that could have high
appeal to a computer archeologist.
This system is about the size of a LARGE refrigerator, runs on 220V
power (and knows how to USE IT!!). The system is currently not in
operation; but for those that know how, or want a unique project, it
can be a serviceable working unit.
Expensive to purchase originally; reputedly around $250K, This is a
classic system that is destined as a museum piece...it would be a
real shame if this ends up in the being discarded.
Here's a couple of links on this unit and its family, for those with interest:
http://www.reputable.com/~skywriter/pstech/index.html
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Pines/2258/4dfaq.html
You must be able to remove the system via your own transportation.
The system is located on the Harvard Medical School campus in Boston,
Massachusetts.
Please: Serious Inquires only...remember you must truck this system
out on your own; and removal in a timely fashion would be appreciated.
Michael
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Michael Goodman
Unix Systems Administrator
Harvard Medical School
West Quad Computing Group
Seely G. Mudd Building/Room 204D
250 Longwood Avenue
Boston, MA 02115-5731
Tel: 617-432-4588
Fax: 617-738-0516
Email: mgoodman(a)hms.harvard.edu
Web:
http://sbweb.med.harvard.edu/mjg/