rbthomas@frogpond.rutgers.edu (Rick Thomas) (04/04/91)
April 3, 1991
To: Whom it may Concern
From: Rick Thomas, Manager, SRAC
Subject: Request for Proposals for Sale of Convex C1/XP Mini-Supercomputer
The College of Engineering Supercomputer Remote Access Center
wishes to sell its Convex C1/XP mini-supercomputer, since we can
no longer afford to pay the maintenance costs.
The equipment being offered for sale is as follows:
Model # Description
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6472-00 Convex C1/XP Supercomputer CPU
DKC-002 Multibus Disk Controller
DKD-006 434MByte Winchester Disk Drive
ETH-002 Ethernet Controller
EXP-001 Expansion Cabinet, 19-inch
EXP-102 Expansion Cabinet, 19-inch for Mag Tape
MBC-001 Multibus Control Unit
MEM-001 16 Mbyte Memory Board (qty 2)
MIOP-001 Multibus Input/Output Processor
MTC-001 Magnetic Tape Controller
MTD-001 Medium Performance Tape drive (6250/1600 BPI)
VDU-001 Video Display Unit (system console)
All equipment is presently under Convex maintenance and will continue
so until June 30, 1991.
The terms of sale are that Purchaser must pay all shipping and
associated costs. Also, the SRAC reserves the right to find that
no proposal is suitable, and therefor not to sell the equipment
at this time.
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Rick Thomas, Manager
Supercomputer Remote Access Center, Rm D117
Rutgers University, College of Engineering
Brett and Bowser Roads
Piscataway, NJ 08855-0909
Phone: (908) 932-4301
Internet: rbthomas@jove.rutgers.edu
UUCP: {any backbone site}!rutgers!rbthomas
Alternate UUCP: {convex|c1apple|karna}!kingtut!rbthomas
"Soap and education are not as sudden as a massacre,
but they are more deadly in the long run." -- Mark Twain
========================================================================rbthomas@frogpond.rutgers.edu (Rick Thomas) (05/10/91)
For Sale -- Convex C1/XP Mini-Supercomputer
The Rutgers University College of Engineering Supercomputer Remote Access Center
wishes to sell its Convex C1/XP mini-supercomputer, since we can no longer
afford to pay the maintenance costs.
The equipment being offered for sale is as follows:
Model # Description
======= ===========================================
6472-00 Convex C1/XP Supercomputer CPU
DKC-002 Multibus Disk Controller
DKD-006 434MByte Winchester Disk Drive
ETH-002 Ethernet Controller
EXP-001 Expansion Cabinet, 19-inch
EXP-102 Expansion Cabinet, 19-inch for Mag Tape
MBC-001 Multibus Control Unit
MEM-001 16 Mbyte Memory Board (qty 2)
MIOP-001 Multibus Input/Output Processor
MTC-001 Magnetic Tape Controller
MTD-001 Medium Performance Tape drive (6250/1600 BPI)
VDU-001 Video Display Unit (system console)
All equipment is presently under Convex maintenance and will con-
tinue so until June 30, 1991.
The terms of sale are that the equipment is offered for sale only as a unit,
and purchaser must pay all shipping and associated costs. Also, the SRAC
reserves the right to find that no proposal is suitable, and therefor not
to sell the equipment at this time.dik@cwi.nl (Dik T. Winter) (05/12/91)
Selling Convex C1's must be the rage at this moment. So many to choose from :-). -- dik t. winter, cwi, amsterdam, nederland dik@cwi.nl
charles@convex.com (Dave Charles) (05/13/91)
In <3503@charon.cwi.nl> dik@cwi.nl (Dik T. Winter) writes: >Selling Convex C1's must be the rage at this moment. So many to choose >from :-). >-- Must be because of the announcement that the new C3's are available...
sgombosi@isis.cs.du.edu (Stephen O. Gombosi) (05/13/91)
In article <3503@charon.cwi.nl> dik@cwi.nl (Dik T. Winter) writes: >Selling Convex C1's must be the rage at this moment. So many to choose >from :-). Yeah, and if you rip out all those messy wires, they make GREAT stereo cabinets! :-) - Steve Gombosi sgombosi@isis.cs.du.edu
haw30@duts.ccc.amdahl.com (Henry A Worth) (05/15/91)
In article <charles.674139569@convex.convex.com> charles@convex.com (Dave Charles) writes: >In <3503@charon.cwi.nl> dik@cwi.nl (Dik T. Winter) writes: > >>Selling Convex C1's must be the rage at this moment. So many to choose >>from :-). >>-- > > Must be because of the announcement that the new C3's are > available... Or, perhaps Convex has significantly raised the price on maintenance contracts or even dropped support altogether? If so, it may be more cost effective for these users to step up to the newer model, or to step out to the new high-end workstations. -- Henry Worth -- haw30@duts.ccc.amdahl.com No, I don't speak for Amdahl -- I'm not even sure I speak for myself.
swarren@convex.com (Steve Warren) (05/17/91)
In article <1991May13.140811.13331@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> sgombosi@isis.UUCP (Stephen O. Gombosi) writes: [...] >Yeah, and if you rip out all those messy wires, they make GREAT stereo >cabinets! :-) > >- Steve Gombosi sgombosi@isis.cs.du.edu Wires? We don't need no steenking wires. You must be thinking of Cray. (Convex uses backplanes for board interconnects) -- _. --Steve ._||__ Warren v\ *| V