On 4/15/22 6:35 PM, Enzo D'Amato wrote:
Nothing in particular about the z114, other than the seller is offering
it to me at an unbeatable price.
Okay. You have passed the "you've been informed" and "you have an idea
what you're biting off" gates. That's my concern as someone else in the
hobby.
I too would probably be very interested in a ... let's go with ... full
sized mainframe (CEC) if the price was good enough.
In terms of the zD&T, I have messed around in Hercules before,
and it would probably be more expensive than buying the unit that
I am looking at.
I question the veracity of that. Though there is a chance that you can
acquire the CEC itself for less than a year of zD&T Personal / Learners
Edition.
But that's just the CEC. That doesn't say anything about powering /
cooling said CEC, much less any DASD. Unfortunately, I think the DASD
and / or cooling / power is going to be the real big unknown expense.
I am also hoping to learn more about the 'care and feeding' of the
hardware.
That definitely speaks the the physical hardware that you can get your
hands on.
Regarding the physical hardware, does the CEC in question come with the
Service Elements? (I assume that the z114 has a pair of SEs.) Without
the SEs, the CEC is probably going to be ... problematic. -- If the
SEs are physically there, check to see if they have their hard drives in
them and if they boot.
I have no idea if there is any power up procedure that you could do
quickly at the seller's location. Though, if we're talking $100 ~ $200
and the SEs are there and boot, I'd probably be tempted to take it as
is. If nothing else, you can mess with the physical hardware and
potentially part things out / scrap / ewaste things after you're done
messing with it. That is if it turns out to not be enough of a
functioning system. If it is a functioning system, someone else who
does have DASD (and can't / won't part with said DASD) might acquire the
CEC from you in the future.
I agree that there are certainly concerns, which is why I am posting
here :-).
*nod*
As long as you have an idea of the cliff that you are standing at the
edge of. You research the potential the risk / rewards and make your
own judgement call. Which, it sounds like you are doing.
Here's hoping that it's a fully functional z114 with it's SEs fully
functional and that you can get the entire thing for a song plus hauling
it off. :-D
--
Grant. . . .
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