John, I have been getting Don's emails for years:
Global Hardware Suppliers, Inc. 7595 Mariner Point North, Suite 101 Maple Grove, MN 55311 E-Mail: [email protected] Direct Phone: (763) 494-3559 E-Fax: (773) 496-3559 Bob -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of McKown, John Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 9:36 AM To: [email protected] Subject: z9BC hardware vendors? Does anybody know where I can get a list of US based vendors who sell used IBM z9BC machines (and will configure to order)? We currently have a z9BC (T02) which is coming off lease. Management is looking at purchasing it. We can do this with our current vendor (my preference, but I don't like bothering with non-technical stuff), but management wants alternatives just in case we can get is cheaper. I've found a few using Google, but I'm sure that I'm missing some. To any vendor who may read this. Yes, you can reply to me directly. But please do not inundate me with email. One per vendor will be sufficient! I will not be the one doing any of the talking with you. My manager and above will be doing that. I'm just data gathering to get a list of vendors and prices. As my boss says, "Just give me a bottom line price. No haggling." My manager will simply not haggle. If somebody say "x" dollars and somebody else says less, then somebody else gets the deal. z9BC / T02. 16Gb memory. 6 x 16-Port ESCON cards. 5 x FICON Express SX cards; 2 x OSA Express GbE SX cards; 1 x Fast Ethernet PCI-X card. I don't know why I'm being punished with this project. I must have really P.O.'ed somebody <grin>. John McKown Systems Engineer IV IT Administrative Services Group HealthMarkets(r) 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 (817) 255-3225 phone * (817)-961-6183 cell [email protected] * www.HealthMarkets.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
