Want a nice supercomputer ... ?

From: William Donzelli <aw288_at_osfn.org>
Date: Fri Sep 1 19:57:11 2000

> However, it's a Cray Y-MP C90 and they want a starting bid of only
> $35,000.00 on it. Oddly enough, no one has bid yet. Though that is
> undoubtably because it's only been up for about three hours.

It, like most other supercomputers that appear on Ebay, probably will not
get any bids, as I think most buyers are quick to realize the mess such a
sale can make. $35,000 is an awful big bunch of money.

The C90s are big machines - look at the picture and you will see that the
thing is rather huge (something like nine feet in diameter). Crays are
also incredibly heavy, C90s being no different, so they can not be easily
placed in a home or business (unless gutted, and we don't want to see that).

It is a shame that PSC seems to be in a hurry about getting rid of the
machine. RCS/RI would take it in (hmmm...maybe I will send them a
letter), but there is no way we can have the thing ready to move out of
there within two weeks.

William Donzelli
aw288_at_osfn.org
Received on Fri Sep 01 2000 - 19:57:11 BST