RED ALERT! Mainframes Available - Vancouver BC!

From: Kevin McQuiggin <mcquiggi_at_sfu.ca>
Date: Fri Aug 7 22:49:00 1998

Hi William:

I've never heard of these, but am supposing that they are some type of heat
sink.

If you can give me a better description I can see if I can get some. I will
be going back to the machine room next week.

Kevin


At 05:13 PM 98/08/07 -0400, you wrote:
>> 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
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Kevin McQuiggin VE7ZD
mcquiggi_at_sfu.ca
Received on Fri Aug 07 1998 - 22:49:00 BST

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