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"IBM said the z890 will ship next month, with prices starting at $200,000." - 2004. And he got it for 237$, good deal :)
by lossolo 11y ago
"IBM said the z890 will ship next month, with prices starting at $200,000." - 2004.
And he got it for 237$, good deal :)
- vixate 11y agoYes, quite a deal. :) In the video @ 28:29 while showing the slide with his cost breakdown he says: "And I had someone from IBM run the serial number for me, and the original price tag was $350,000."
- sumoboy 11y agoI would hope some corp directors/cio's see this and send this kid some spare parts for a great effort. Those scumbags at IBM could care less about making this into a better story by helping out.
- dredmorbius 11y agoHe's getting help from some IBMers via MAIN. I suspect sidechannel support may be viable. I've only done a small bit of MF work, but the old-school IBM mainframers I've met (usually at conferences) have always been exceptionally helpful and friendly. It's a fairly small community. Young blood is often quite welcomed. And those beasts will likely be around so long as there's mains power.
- tgflynn 11y agoThe value seems to have depreciated even faster than for consumer hardware. I think you would expect to pay a bit more than $2 for a working laptop that sold for $2k in 2004.
- jsjohnst 11y agoThe laptop would be more useful to most people, even being a 2004 model. The market for folks with a use for a machine like this is very slim, even slimmer those who can deal with its weight/size/electrical draw. That said, man I wish I had the space for one!