Fw: Control Data Cyber 960 rescue interest?

From: James B. DiGriz <jbdigriz_at_dragonsweb.org>
Date: Wed Nov 14 17:22:31 2001

Don Maslin wrote:

>
> On Wed, 14 Nov 2001, James B. DiGriz wrote:
>
>
>>Eric Dittman wrote:
>>
>>
>>>>As regards any rescue efforts, I want to implore everyone not to besiege
>>>>hapless admins in the Ga. University System with requests for
>>>>information, machines, etc. USG cannot sell or transfer state property
>>>>itself. We should be grateful for any support they can lend a rescue
>>>>effort, but all this has to go through the state Dept. of Adminstrative
>>>>Services, so let's don't put our friends behind the eight-ball, ok?
>>>>
>
> <snip>
>
>>Yes, those are excellent suggestions and wlll no doubt come into play at
>>some point, in some fashion, but the best way I see to approach this is
>>as a standard service procurement contract, through DOAS. At this point,
>>actually getting the property is secondary to seeing that it remains
>>worth getting. USG has nothing say about that once the DOAS contractor
>>shows up to remove it. That's what I'm focusing on right now. Bidding on
>>it at auction will be the easy part.
>>
>
> Perhaps the `saviour' effort might succed better if couched in terms of
> a bid to DOAS to remove, haul away, and preserve the machine in
> operational form if such could be put together.
>
> - don
>


Exactly. I don't know if they entertain offers of bids in this fashion,
however. I believe they solicit, and then you bid. The only likely
problem about this would be the terms and specifications, which could
possibly impede a proper deinstallation. This is restating an
immediately previous comment of mine. I'm looking into it.

It still has to go to DOAS until the final disposition is made, as far
as I can tell. That's how the law reads, as I understand it. I don't see
provision for any kind of expedited procedure, but I've never dealt with
them before.

The question then becomes, do you want to have worked for free, for
nothing, if the machine doesn't end up being preserved? I doubt my
temper could stand that much testing. No, I would put in a bona-fide
actual bid.

I think this is a good point at which to rest this line of discussion.

jbdigriz
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