More eBay Mainframes
The following eBay seller has several IBM mainframes available for sale in Minnesota: http://stores.ebay.com/Simon-Systems-Inc-IBM-Parts Among the more interesting ones are a ~25 MIPS System z10 BC listed at $35,000 (which would be eligible for zELC licensing and which has a full capacity of 3 MSUs), a ~50 MIPS z890 listed at $9,999, and a ~46 MIPS z890 also listed at $9,999. Shipping seems to be free within the U.S. and doable elsewhere (though not free). They've also got some z900s, z800s, and older models, although I personally wouldn't go that old for my home mainframe, and the prices probably aren't attractive enough compared to the z890s. The z10 BC can run every current release of IBM software, including z/VM 6.1 and 6.2. Surprise your favorite geek -- maybe yourself? -- with the gift of a mainframe this holiday season. Caveat emptor. Timothy Sipples Consulting Enterprise IT Architect (Based in Singapore) E-Mail: sipp...@sg.ibm.com -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Re: More eBay Mainframes
On 12/14/2012 12:27 AM, Timothy Sipples wrote: Among the more interesting ones are a ~25 MIPS System z10 BC listed at $35,000 (which would be eligible for zELC licensing and which has a full capacity of 3 MSUs), a ~50 MIPS z890 listed at $9,999, and a ~46 MIPS z890 also listed at $9,999. Shipping seems to be free within the U.S... When we ran up against the No z10 memory upgrade MES issue, we were going to buy this machine and donate it to our IBM business partner (Mainline) in exchange for the 8GB of memory inside. But, the outrageous price IBM wanted to enable that memory put the kybosh on the deal. It would have been fun to buy a z10 on eBay!! -- Edward E Jaffe Phoenix Software International, Inc 831 Parkview Drive North El Segundo, CA 90245 http://www.phoenixsoftware.com/ -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Re: More eBay Mainframes
It would have been fun to buy a z10 on eBay!! I sold one of our z890s for $1000 on eBay a few years ago. It was essentially junk and selling it was more trouble than it was worth. By the time one pays transportation charges, acquires DASD, licenses the software, and pays for power it's becomes prohibitively expense for a hobbyist. It could be attractive to a commercial shop looking for a DR machine, but as you noted enabling anything is also prohibitively expensive. Bob Shannon Rocket Software -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
