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maxfli

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I found this old Cray T-94 on ebay for $12,650. Looks like a decent system but after talking to the owner it looks like its missing the memory boards and possibly more. I then inquired weather it had and disks and what the power requirements were. He said that he doesn't think that the system will ever run again.

After doing some research it looks like he may be right as parts for these rare machines are very hard to find and expensive. The price seems to be for all of the metals that could be sold for $$$$. It would be nice to get this system and get it running again.

Does anyone know what type of I/O or terminal connections these systems had?


http://www.ebay.com/itm/CRAY-T94-SU...tage_Computers_Mainframes&hash=item3f1d920793
 
Right, so he gutted it of any items that would of made him more in scrap value. That's the second Cray this year I've seen that. I wouldn't pay more than $1000 for that system as it's just a very massive paperweight. I assure you that you will never find the missing parts and run the system again.
 
What I've been told is the amount of money you would have to spend on coolant alone is way more than the auction asking price. It also seems to be missing the waterfall heat exchanger cabinet.
 
That's a shame.

I did see a Cray J90 for $16K that was running but the seller was having trouble getting the kernel loaded.
 
Just noticed they guy seems to have a rather large assortment of cars.
How did a Cray end up in the hands of a hot rodder?
 
Such a shame, it would be nice if people started caring about history rather than greed.... But then again thanks to the nature of society I don't think that will ever happen. :(
 
If you can't outbid a scrapper for it then it isn't that important to preserve. The space, weight and power requirements keep things this size or larger out of most home collections. With gold at $1700+ an ounce anything with sizable gold content isn't going to be hauled off for free (unlike old mainframes people snagged that used to be considered worthless at one time). It's not that people don't care about history, it's just that people would rather somebody else pay to preserve it and store it.
 
As much as I would like to purchase this system I'm not paying $12K for it.
 
As much as I would like to get this machine I'm not paying $12K for something that just sits there and does nothing.
 
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