Collecting (quit whining and do something about it!)

From: William Donzelli <william_at_ans.net>
Date: Mon Apr 21 16:40:07 1997

> Yeah, the Lawrence Livermore Labs here in California phased out their CRAY
> I a couple years back and the high bidder was a scrap dealer who bought it
> for...I forget how much. Either it was $10,000 or he expected to get
> $10,000 out of the metals in it. At any rate, reading his quote in the
> paper about what he would get after melting it down got me incensed.

Those older Crays are loaded with good metal; most of the weight of the
machine (tons?) is from the slabs of copper the boards are mounted to.

Of course this means no Cray-1s will ever get into private hands, unless
someone wants to pay the price.

I do not think the newer Crays are nearly as valuable, but I could be
wrong.

William Donzelli
william_at_ans.net
Received on Mon Apr 21 1997 - 16:40:07 BST