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I saw some old mainframes in a junkyard... considered buying them only to be told that someone that knew they were going to be sent there, purchased them before
by speeder 6y ago
I saw some old mainframes in a junkyard... considered buying them only to be told that someone that knew they were going to be sent there, purchased them before they even arrived...
I think it would be hell cool to have a mainframe at home :) Assuming it is not ludicrously expensive to keep it running...
- bluGill 6y agoI recall for y2k IBM was selling replacement mainframes because the new one was faster and you would pay for it just on power bill savings in 2 years. That the old one would never get the updates to work after y2k was not really a factor in sales. The old mainframes were water cooled and very power hungry, newer chips (now 20 year old technology) were air cooled and used less power.
- cptnapalm 6y agoKeep an eye out for a Multiprise 3000 from 1999. It's the smallest of them and runs on regular household electricity at 1300W. If you do find one, make sure it has the hard drives intact or it'll be a 400 lb. paperweight like mine :(