19 Jul
2015
19 Jul
'15
5:48 a.m.
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:
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Christopher G. Kurowicki
M.S. Information Assurance
www.tauceti.org
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
>
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> Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
> New Kensington, PA
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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA