Intergraph 250... KILLED!

From: Alan Richards <alanr_at_morgan.ucs.mun.ca>
Date: Fri Nov 7 23:38:31 1997

  I have to tell you all about the sad fate of a beautiful machine.

  I was at an auction last Saturday, and immediatly started to drool over
this beautiful piece of equipment. It was an Intergraph 250 (No, I have
never seen one before) and it look to be in excellent shape. It was about 6
top 7 feet wide, by about 3 feet deep, and 5 feet high, with a beautiful
blue and white finish. On one side, behind a large black panel, was four
large, rack mounted drives; 2 were 557mb, and the other 2 were 337mb. I
believe the drives were old SCSI drives. On the other side, was a large reel
tape backup system, and below that, the guts of the machine behind another
black panel. Everything look to be there, and in working order.

  Now for the sad part. It went for $2.50 (Converted to US, that is like
-$0.45 :) The person who bought it... some low, greasy guy with the name of
his autobody shop on his greasy ball cap (no, I didn't bid on it, I have no
place to put it) my friend asked him what he was going to do with it, and
you could tell by looking at the guy that he couldn't wait to try out a new
cutting saw on the thing, according to my friend (I was busy banging my head
agianst the wall :<

  It is dead by now, and now I want to add to my misery by finding out
exactly what it was, what it's speed was, what it was comparable to. Anybody
out there know?

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