[NCLUG] group deal

[Andrew Patterson]

In your message on you write:
> I hope I'm not overstepping the bounds of this list, but there's a deal I
> have access to that others may be interested in. Interestingly enough it
> comes a time when I'm reassessing my back-up plan (per an email I sent
> last week).
> 
> I've been a customer of Rave computers since Jan '96 and have spent some
> $20k with them. The scoop is that they have a batch of systems that they
> had built for a client 18 months ago in some sort of lease program. The
> client closed its doors and they are trying to mitigate their losses by
> selling off these systems. They are normally selling them for $600+, but
> my rep has told me that if I place a bulk order we could get them for
> less. (Sorry, if I'm rambling. I'm not sure what order to explain stuff
> in.) So the question is how many people would be seriously interested in
> the following system for $385 + shipping (might be $20 to $25). I'll be
> getting one (if enough others are interested), but we'd need at least 10
> for the order. They are guaranteed not DOA, but have no warantee.
> 
> They are 1U form factor servers with 550 MHz Pentium III's, 512 MB of RAM,
> with two SCSI Hard Drives, 9 GB each. The motherboards are Intel L440GX
> serverboards, dual processor capable, dual-channel SCSI controller on
> board, dual PCI bus as well. They are currently populated with only ONE
> processor.  The serverboard supports up to 2 866 MHz processors (but the
> current case can't fit 2 CPUs) and up to 2 GB of RAM. One NIC on board,
> one PCI NIC. Floppy and CDROM.
> 
> Peace, William
> 
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Any idea what kind of SCSI drives they come with?  

Andrew