Sun E450 server officially vintage

[Tore Sinding Bekkedal]

On Wed, 2007-01-03 at 14:43 -0800, Eric J Korpela wrote:
> On 1/3/07, woodelf <bfranchuk at jetnet.ab.ca> wrote:
> > Jay West wrote:
> > > Just because a computer is 10 years old does not mean it's on topic. So
> > > no, it's not officially vintage ;)
> 
> We were thinking about auctioning off the original E450 that was the
> SETI at home server as a fund raiser.  (Actually the original server is
> an Ultra-10 sitting on my desk.  ellie aka jill nee sagan).
> Unfortunately university rules don't allow departments or groups to
> sell things and use the proceeds.  University salvage sells them and
> the university gets the money. :(

How about donating them to a relevant institution, like the CHM? Just
another E450 is unlikely to fetch much at a salvage auction, just like a
U10... 

-Tore :)