Re: need a z890, cheap?

2008-01-18 Thread Jim Elliott [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Not to mention the cost of getting it certified, and the ongoing cost of powering it up. Ouch. And not to mention that the z890 has been withdrawn from marketing (effective Dec 31, 2007) except for LIC (i.e. microcode) updates which are withdrawn effective June 30, 2008. In other words, you

Re: need a z890, cheap?

2008-01-18 Thread Rob van der Heij
On Jan 18, 2008 4:02 PM, Huegel, Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Not to mention a cheap IFL engine. Not sure you can really touch that .Isn't it just a single MCM where you have the magic key to use N of them?

Re: need a z890, cheap?

2008-01-17 Thread Mark Post
On Wed, Jan 16, 2008 at 11:16 AM, in message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Jack Woehr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dave Jones wrote: Anybody need a spare z890? The resale value of the box is exceeded by the cost of transporting it :-) Not to mention the cost of getting it certified, and the ongoing cost of

need a z890, cheap?

2008-01-16 Thread Dave Jones
Anybody need a spare z890? http://cgi.ebay.com/IBM-e-SERVER-zSERIES-890-2086-A04-MAINFRAME-COMPUTER_W0QQitemZ260202032717QQihZ016QQcategoryZ64030QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem (watch for line wrap, as well) -- DJ V/Soft z/VM and mainframe Linux expertise, training, consulting, and

Re: need a z890, cheap?

2008-01-16 Thread Alan Altmark
On Wednesday, 01/16/2008 at 10:51 EST, Dave Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anybody need a spare z890? It was nice to see the z/VM logo on this IFL-only server! Alan Altmark z/VM Development IBM Endicott

Re: need a z890, cheap?

2008-01-16 Thread Jack Woehr
Dave Jones wrote: Anybody need a spare z890? The resale value of the box is exceeded by the cost of transporting it :-) -- Jack J. Woehr# Hipsters believe that irony has http://www.well.com/~jax # more resonance than reason. http://www.softwoehr.com # - Robert Lanham