RED ALERT! Mainframes Available - Vancouver BC!

From: William Donzelli <william_at_ans.net>
Date: Fri Aug 7 16:13:16 1998

> First, an IBM Mainframe, ES/3090 400-J, several hundred MB RAM, many GB of
> DASD (thats HD to us non-big iron folks), 1/4" tape drives, cartridge
> tape, consoles, 3270 and newer terminals, chiller (system is water
> cooled), power supply unit, media, etc. This system runs MVS, also MTS and
> was the main computer for a campus of 20-30,000 for a period of about ten
> years. The machine is circa 1986 and is available to anyone who wants it,
> and will take it away!! I'd suggest that two to four semi-trailers would
> do the job, depending upon how many peripherals one wishes to acquire.

Too far away!

If at all possible, please grab the TCMs (Thermal Conduction Modules) out
of the beast before the scrappers get it. Years from now, when some nut
like me tries to fire up a 3090 and discovers a bad chip, those extra TCMs
will come in really handy!

William Donzelli
william_at_ans.net
Received on Fri Aug 07 1998 - 16:13:16 BST

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