[Info-vax] Alphaserver DS10s for sale

[chris]

On 1/15/23 02:03, gah4 wrote:
> On Saturday, January 14, 2023 at 2:02:59 PM UTC-8, David Turner wrote:
>> Fair enough
>> But losing money on them is not in my plans.  It takes 2 hours to clean
>> and test them, add new battery and reconfigure cost about $200 per server
>> We make about $275 on each system once configured - even packing costs
>> $35 because we use a very strong plank foam at $25 per sheet then some
>> additional poly foam for the edges for about $10 . Box is $6 - It all
>> adds up
> 
> My best compuarchaeology buy is a Sun T5220 for $38.13 including shipping.
> I do suspect that they might have lost money on that one.   It was from a
> big computer recycling company, so they only have to make money
> on average. Shipping distance wasn't so far, though.
> (I am not sure how that compares to the DS10.)
> 
> When I buy things like this, I assume no cleaning, battery, or configuration,
> but yes you do need to charge for those.
> 
> My latest is a Synology RS810+ for $80, which then needed a new power
> supply, CPU fan, and disks were not included.  It was clean, I didn't check
> the battery.
> 
> In general, I bid low and get way too many old computers.
> 
> But yes, no complaints about wanting to sell quality equipment.
> 
> I noticed the disk drive you were selling not so long ago, way out
> of my disk price range.   I am sure that some people need fast end
> expensive drives, though.

I buy too many as well, but allows me to keep up to date on the lab
systems at very low cost. Have run a Sun M3000 for 4 or 5 years now.
Around 60.00 ukp on Ebay and arrived in a bricked condition, but found
an obscure page that showed how to load a failsafe admin image and it
all sprang into life. Similar situation with a T4-1 recently, but
sold that on after fixing it to defaults. Both fixes took no more
than a couple of hours, so well worth the effort.

Still have Alpha in the collection, but they are old and orphaned in
terms of add on software availability, so no use here other than out
of historical curiosity. Sad end for a great architecture, but the
world moves on...

Chris