Re: What's a 9406-510 worth?

Thanks Al. That confirms what I heard from a reseller with a little more
detail. And why the owner is getting rid of it (didn't want to pay the
$25,000 upgrade fee).

Regards,
Peter Dow
Dow Software Services, Inc.
909 425-0194 voice
909 425-0196 fax

----- Original Message -----
From: "Al Barsa, Jr." <barsa2@ibm.net>
To: <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2000 11:46 AM
Subject: Re: What's a 9406-510 worth?


> At 11:08 AM 10/31/00 -0800, you wrote:
>
> Only for a small boat.
>
> Seriously, some of the features may fetch some small dollars, but the SPD
> cards are all but worthless and the DASD is too slow.
>
> No one would want a 510 today, because the software and maintenance would
> be much too much than a comparable 270 or 820, which would have
> significantly more batch horsepower.
>
> Al
>
>
> >Hi Everyone,
> >
> >I may have an opportunity to buy the following equipment, but I'm so far
> >removed from the market I have no idea what it's worth. Is it boat anchor
> >material?
> >
> >Model 9406-510 2144-000 processor card
> >V3R7 (no s/w subsctiption)
> >52.29 gig of disk
> >512 meg memory
> >3 2612 V.24 enhanced comm adapters
> >1 2617 10 mhz Ethernet adapter
> >6321 CD-ROM
> >3490 tape controller
> >2 6606 disk units
> >14 6607 disk units
> >916A workstation controller
> >6056 workstation controller
> >
> >TIA,
> >Peter Dow
> >Dow Software Services, Inc.
> >909 425-0194 voice
> >909 425-0196 fax
> >
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