SeaJ@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoHere’s your chance to own a decommissioned US government supercomputerarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square31fedilinkarrow-up1217arrow-down15
arrow-up1212arrow-down1external-linkHere’s your chance to own a decommissioned US government supercomputerarstechnica.comSeaJ@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square31fedilink
minus-squareDannyBoy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·2 years agoSeems like it’s cheap to start the bidding at $2500 but the cheapest thing is probably the initial purchase price after moving it, buying the needed cabling, and electricity bills.
minus-squareDannyBoy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoThat I get, but I’m sure the reserve isn’t that high if the starting bid is at $2500. It just seems low for the $30,000,000 the computer cost in 2017.
Seems like it’s cheap to start the bidding at $2500 but the cheapest thing is probably the initial purchase price after moving it, buying the needed cabling, and electricity bills.
There’s a reserve price
That I get, but I’m sure the reserve isn’t that high if the starting bid is at $2500. It just seems low for the $30,000,000 the computer cost in 2017.