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
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.
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
