If one had too much cash sitting around and wanted to play with a low-end mainframe, what would be the ballpark cost to get one? Half a million?
Yes, I'm aware that IBM wants you to lease mainframe hardware rather than actually buy it.
Yes, I'm aware that IBM wants you to lease mainframe hardware rather than actually buy it.
http://cgi.ebay.com/IBM-S-390-G5-Parallel-Enterprise-Server-...
The interesting thing about mainframe hardware is that it's designed to last forever, so the "old" stuff (which really means "brand new" stuff in mainframe terms) is still interesting.