The electrical bill isn't worth the box. You can buy a used MP3000 with integrated dasd for a few thousand. And it uses way less power. Of course, the licensing issues still remain.
Multiprise 3000--Dollars -------------------------------------- 7060-H30----$3,800 7060-H50----$4,300 7060-H70----$7,000 Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting >>> Andrew Wiley <[email protected]> 3/22/2009 4:14 PM >>> I'm trying to research the usefulness of an older IBM mainframe in a computer science class. The mainframe in question is an IBM 9672 RB6, which, as I understand it, was first sold in 1998. So it's reasonably old. Would this machine be able to run a few VM's of linux, or is it too old, or would it depend on the specs? I haven't been able to find much information, although I've been googling it for a few days. Sorry if this is a broad question; any help you can offer me would be greatly appreciated. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
