For Sale -- Convex C1/XP Mini-Supercomputer

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6 total messages Started by Rick Thomas Fri, 10 May 1991 03:25

#324

Author: Rick Thomas
Date: Fri, 10 May 1991 03:25

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	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.

Re: For Sale -- Convex C1/XP Mini-Supercomputer

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Author: Dik T. Winter
Date: Sat, 11 May 1991 22:08

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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

Re: For Sale -- Convex C1/XP Mini-Supercomputer

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Author: Dave Charles
Date: Mon, 13 May 1991 12:59

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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...

Re: For Sale -- Convex C1/XP Mini-Supercomputer

#329

Author: Stephen O. Gombosi
Date: Mon, 13 May 1991 14:08

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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

Re: For Sale -- Convex C1/XP Mini-Supercomputer

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Author: Henry A Worth
Date: Wed, 15 May 1991 15:34

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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.

Re: For Sale -- Convex C1/XP Mini-Supercomputer

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Author: Steve Warren
Date: Thu, 16 May 1991 20:46

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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

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