BA> Actually I just happen to have my own personal IBM 9672 - which is
 BA> an IBM S/390 mainframe, complete with an Amdahl Spectris HD array
 BA> (which was wiped before the company released it).  It's perfectly
 BA> functional and was running right up to the moment I shut it down
 BA> for good back in 2004.  While I don't have OS/390 for it I do have
 BA> Debian Linux for the S/390, and if I had the juice (100 amp 3 phase
 BA> service) and the scratch to pay for it ($3K/month)
 BA> I could configure it with 255 virtual Linux systems - literally a
 BA> server farm in a box.

know that feeling very well...i have a system36 sitting here holding up the
other end of the bench/desk... besides a few communication cards, i only
need some bootable 8inch flopies to bring this beast back online... i won't
even consider doing such for the electrical costs, though... however, i
have brought a PDP11 online not to long ago in the environs of an
apartement complex in Va. Beach, Va... the brownout was at least 30 minutes
until the critter got fully spun up :P

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