Pssst...Wanna buy a supercomputer?

[DrtyBlvd]

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3405888342

Fujitsu VPP300 Vector Supercomputer
13 vector processors @ 143 MHz, 16 wide pipe for a total of 2.2 GFlops per processor. Total peak performance is 28.6 GFlops
Full crossbar interconnect @ 570 MB/s per link, 5 micro-second latency
14 GB of memory 5 x 2 GB + 8 x 512 MB, 512 way interleaving
4 Cabinets + 1 power supply
Limited internal disks
No software or Operating System
Documentation
Conditions of sale:
Sold "AS IS" with removal and freight costs to be organised and paid by the purchaser.
All components of the VPP300 must be removed by Friday April 4th 2003.

8O 8O 8O

[Janak Parekh]

Oof, no operating system bundled? This is not for the average enduser. ;)

--janak

[JvanEkris]

Probably won't run on Windows XP :(

Worrying thing, seeing the numbers, thinking back say 5 years, this machine probably is a bit more than just a heavy PC. "4 cabinets and 1 power supply" is that 4 19" cabinets ?? You probably need a heavy concrete floor to support it and the power supply of a small city to power it....

Thinking of this, it probably will not be a simple UPS delivery then :)

But very cool to have in your living room.

Jaap

[JvanEkris]

Hmm,

Reading the post again: "removal and transport TO BE ORGANIZED by the buyer" indicates that UPS probably is no option indeed.

Jaap

[Janak Parekh]

Probably won't run on Windows XP :(
Definitely not. This is a very applied number-crunching supercomputer (note the number of vector processing units). This thing (sporting 143MHz CPUs) would be spanked by a $500 PC in overall XP performance, but if you were doing complex research simulations this would hold its own.

--janak

[ctmagnus]

I'm thinking DOS 5, just to see what'll happen. :)

[Janak Parekh]

I'm thinking DOS 5, just to see what'll happen. :)
Won't work... but I think you already knew that. ;)

--janak