OK, Mike, I'll bite. Since I am rather limited in definitions in the vernacular,
what is "Core Storage" ......and if I know state agencies at all, just under a
cool mil for it was probably way to much!!!

John Rodgers
88 GL Driver

mike miller wrote:

> Sounds nifty little though of know of these kinds of needs.
>
> Maybe with those slots we could scare up some donations for more RAM.  Right
> now 256 Mb of PC133 RAM is going for $114 out here.
>
> [I remember when the state agency I was with was so proud that they had
> acquired another meg of 'core storage' {ask if you don't know what that
> was/is} for just less that $1 million ]
>
> Mike
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: David Marshall <vanagon@VOLKSWAGEN.ORG>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Saturday, December 16, 2000 5:07 PM
> Subject: LIST DONATION: I have a server to replace Gerry!
>
> > We are getting rid of a bunch of servers at the Quesnel School District
> > where my "real job" is from 8 to 4.
> >
> > As the former "manager" of Gerry about 1.5 years ago I remember it being a
> > Dual Pentium 90MHz with something like 64MB of RAM running Windows NT 4.0
> > and I don' think it has gone beyond that as the archive searches are still
> > painfully slow.
> >
> > I have in my possession a Touch [http://www.touchsystems.ca] Dual Pentium
> > Pro 200MHz w 256K Cache on each CPU.  There is a total of 64MB of RAM on
> it
> > (4x 16MB EDO) and if I can remember correctly it is the same stuff our
> > current HP uses.  There is a total of 8 SIMM slots on this board.  The
> board
> > is an Asus P65UP5-P6ND mainboard
> >
> http://www.asus.com.tw/products/Motherboard/Pentiumpro/P65up5-p6nd/p65up5-p6
> > nd-overview.html  It has worked fine for many years, we have just upgraded
> > to a Dual PIII system from IBM.
> >
> > Anyhow, if the group can decide we need it - I'm willing to donate it.
> Else
> > it would make a perfect server to replace my http://www.volkswagen.org and
> > http://www.fastforward.ca server.
> >
> > Let's make a decision on this so I can box it up and ship it out!
> >
> >
> > David Marshall
> >
> > Fast Forward Autobahn Sport Tuning
> > 4356 Quesnel Hixon Road
> > Quesnel BC Canada  V2J 6Z3
> > mailto:info@fastforward.ca      http://www.fastforward.ca
> > Phone: (250) 992 7775           FAX: (250) 992 1160
> >
> > . Vanagon Accessories and Engine Conversions
> > . Transporter, Unimog and Iltis Sales
> > . European Lighting for most Audi and Volkswagen models
> >