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IBM Mainframe Breakdown
With about 90ish% of the breakdown complete I thought I would share some of the numbers this beast is producing. So far have been concentrating on just getting the bulk of metal materials turned in and have just done a rough sort of boards that will be processed accordingly in the not too distant future. Yes I did purchase the unit, but sorry I will not disclose for how much, as this is a public forum and prefer to not have too much info out there...I will say I have no regrets.
Beast was 30'' wide x 48'' deep and 80'' tall. Weight was reported at about 1 ton but I believe it was more. Totals so far...
Steel-1350 lbs
#2 Copper-250 lbs
Stainless Steel-74 lbs
Aluminum Clip-134 lbs
Aluminum Sheet-36 lbs
Insulated Wire-61 lbs
CBM-31 lbs
Diecast-22 lbs
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"You call that a cpu? Now here's a cpu." KZBell doing his impression of Crocadile Dundee.
Thanks for sharing a great break down. I hope you will share more photos, Mike.
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Impressive! Makes me wonder what was inside the shark server we had a few months back.
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WOW, KZ... wow. Servers and their related parts are my favorites, they're such amazing feats of engineering and technology. So far I've only gotten my hands on blades and workstation servers, biggest one was about 80 lbs, a for real mainframe would be a dream come true for me.
I have to ask, was this a working unit at all? Did you get to turn it on? I know the functional PowerEdges from the mid 2000s that I got recently sounded like a small jet taking off when powered on, I can only imagine the roar this beast puts out. Also, can you say where it was pulled from? What type of business/corporation/whatever, don't need to know names, of course :)
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I'm drooling over that stuff KZ. Nice find!
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Thanks Folks!
All the pics I have for now Mike but when I get to the boards I will post...They may be kind of humdrum compared to the processors. I probably should have taken more of the tear down, but you know how it is when you get in the grind.
LoginR...Security was tighter then a frogs butt where I picked up the unit so I will just leave it at that, not a gov't building though. Unit was removed from service a while back so no power to it. Very nice folks to deal with and I was grateful that they let me take an hour to gut the unit to get the weight down, it still was pita to get loaded though.
Biggest surprise besides the size of the processors was the amount of #2 copper.
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I understand the confidentiality thing, I deal with my local credit union occasionally and they are quite strict as well. We (vermont) actually have regulations in place that essentially forbid business/gov/state entities from selling or giving away hard drives or any other information containing device to people/businesses without the proper license. Which costs $$$ of course, I think you even have to take a course.
The copper heatsinks are amazing, are you going to scrap them? Personally, if I couldn't find anyone to buy it for substantially more than scrap value, I'd keep it. I've got quite a collection of cool looking heatsinks of various types building up, I probably should start making some space :D Seems like you can ebay (or sell to a local artist) the more unique sinks.
Last question, can you reveal which model/era this is from? I wouldn't be surprised if IBM custom made it, when you get to this level of hardware you see some impressively engineered stuff.
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The point that tipped me over the edge to buy a truck and start scrapping on a daily basis, was when I had to pass on a similar pc to this. It was from an office cleanout. The server was for free. I did not have a way to haul it home. I knew I missed out on something great, so I appreciate what you have.
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Wow! Very awesome! Any idea what the CPUs will go for?
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LoginR...All of the HDD were removed before I arrived to protect data. Very tempting to keep a heat sink but I resisted urge... possible that there was better resale value but I was content to move product for scrap value. I checked on completed listings on Ebay for other components and there was no movement. Mainframe was less then 15 years old...but what is that like 40 human years :]
Thanks Russell...I've been in the const biz for many years so have several vehicles to move stuff but, always get paranoid someone is going to call when my daily driver is full and I have to scramble to get the call covered.
Not sure yet Jeremiah, haven't inquired yet.
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I heard you were using one of those cpu's as a coffe cup coaster in your van..... Nice find KZ
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Drill a hole in one and put in a chain and you'd have a unique "bling" to wear, Definitely one of a kind.
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More breakdown today yielded some nice aluminum heat sinks. The 3 that are sitting side by side on the board weighed 1 pound each and the large one's weighed 5 pounds each with 1 pound bricks of aluminum underneath. Bricks still need to be cleaned up before being turned in but the total for the others ended up being 80 pounds today.
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Quite a bit of what looks like memory under the board that is moved off to the side.
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