Subject: Re: alphas for sale
To: None <support@astro.swin.edu.au>
From: Daniel Carosone <dan@geek.com.au>
List: regional-au
Date: 03/25/2004 13:44:08
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Do you have a price in mind for these systems?  There are several
local NetBSD developers who would be interested.

--
Dan.

> Dear supercomputer users,
> as we prepare to upgrade the Swinburne supercomputer we have
> decided to retire and sell most of the Compaq Alpha machines
> that comprised the original cluster. We have at least 20 in working order
> that are available (for sale) to other departments or research groups
> within Swinburne.
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> I must emphasise that these are not PCs but are high end number
> crunching workstations. They are 64 bit machines with EV6 CPUs (4 Mbyte
> cache) and would be best suited going to a group that already has a=20
> number of these
> machines.
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> If you are interested in purchasing these on behalf of your group please
> reply to
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> support@astro.swin.edu.au
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> Similarly please pass this message on to others that might be interested.
> Their detailed specifications are as follows
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> Compaq XP1000
> System Type: DEC6600
> CPU: EV6 500Mhz 4 Mbyte cache
> RAM: 512 MB
> HDD: 18 GB SCSI
> No video card
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> regards
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> Dr James Murray
> Supercomputer Administrator/Astronomer
> Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing
> Swinburne University of Technology
> Hawthorn VIC 3122
> Ph (61) 3 9214 5787
> http://astronomy.swin.edu.au/~jmurray
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> ---------------------------------------------
> P a u l   B o u r k e
> Astrophysics and Supercomputing
> email   pdb@swin.edu.au
> www     astronomy.swin.edu.au/~pbourke/
> phone   +61 -3 9214 8624
> fax     +61 -3 9214 8797
> aim     bpdourke
> letter  Mail number 31
>         PO Box 218 Hawthorn
>         Swinburne University of Technology
>         Victoria 3122, Australia
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> --- end forwarded text



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