Spotted FS: CRAY Y-MP/EL94 Model 250

From: William Donzelli <william_at_ans.net>
Date: Tue Jun 9 20:40:52 1998

> >For sale: CRAY Y-MP/EL 94 Model 250 computer, dual processors, 256 MBytes RAM,
> >21 G-bytes disk, DDS-2 DAT.
> >
> >Purchased in summer 1994 for $100,000. Currently maintained on service
> >contract, with UNICOS installed.
> >
> >Will consider offers of $15,000 or more (plus you pay shipping)? Please e-mail,
> >if interested.

Ick!

$15,000 is just too much for this machine. The ELs really are slow things
(a couple hundered MFLOPs tops, and I am sure it does not do well on the
LINPACK scale either) - but then again if you want a Cray that can be run
in your house (no joke), an EL or J series Y-MP is just the thing.

But I wanna Cray...any Cray...

William Donzelli
william_at_ans.net
Received on Tue Jun 09 1998 - 20:40:52 BST