[HECnet] Hello

[Chris Kurowicki]

Yep, I'm well aware of the original pricing for the machines.

On Sat, Jul 18, 2015 at 3:59 PM, Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com> wrote:

>
>   Well yeah...when a machine cost $80,000 new...
>
>            -Dave
>
> On 07/18/2015 06:53 PM, Chris Kurowicki wrote:
> > Even shipping costs would be many hundreds of dollars less than the
> starting bids I'm seeing. I get what you are saying, the original price on
> this stuff was pretty far up there.
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> >> On Jul 18, 2015, at 12:27 PM, Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >>> On 07/18/2015 03:16 PM, Chris Kurowicki wrote:
> >>> I really appreciate helping me narrow down my search! I gave the local
> >>> resale shop a ring and they had no idea what I meant by "Alpha", oh
> >>> well. The search continues! Ebay is the only place I've found Alphas,
> >>> but the prices are outrageous.
> >>
> >>  Resale shops won't often get high-end enterprise gear like this, and
> >> most of them wouldn't recognize it if they did.
> >>
> >>  The prices you'll see on eBay are actually quite reasonable when you
> >> compare them to what the hardware cost when it was new, and what vendors
> >> are selling them for.  A lot of organizations are running these machines
> >> and have to keep them functional.
> >>
> >>  Your best bet is probably to find someone local to hook you up.  If
> >> you weren't on the wrong coast, I'd have an Alpha or two with your name
> >> on 'em!
> >>
> >>                -Dave
> >>
> >> --
> >> Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
> >> New Kensington, PA
>
>
> --
> Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
> New Kensington, PA
>



-- 
Christopher G. Kurowicki
M.S. Information Assurance
www.tauceti.org
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