Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!iuvax!cica!gatech!hubcap!brooks From: brooks@maddog.llnl.gov Newsgroups: comp.parallel Subject: B8K available for sale Message-ID: <6666@hubcap.clemson.edu> Date: 3 Oct 89 18:12:54 GMT Lines: 26 Approved: parallel@hubcap.clemson.edu My apologies for a "for sale" posting to comp.parallel, but parallel machines being available at bargain prices should be of high interest to the readers of this group. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx My group at LLNL has what is now a 10 processor Balance 8000 which is no longer useful for numerical crunching due to the strides made in micro floating point performance, but which is of good use to a group needing a shared memory multiprocessor for software development. The machine has 16MB of memory, the 1/4" tape and two eagle disk drives. There is one more processor board as well which probably has blown bus interface logic, but for which the cost of a board swap at Sequent is not justified. One might repair it for a the cost of a few MSI interface parts, however. The 10 processor machine runs flawlessly. If there are any groups out there who would like to acquire a 10 processor machine, but find the pricing of new machines prohibitive, please contact me to see what might be arranged. Eugene D. Brooks III L-298 LLNL Livermore, CA 94550 (415) 423-7341 brooks@maddog.llnl.gov, brooks@maddog.uucp