From:	"Jeremy \"Bolthy\" Zimmerman" <jeremy@***********.COM>
Subject:	Re: Hacking Security Tallies (Was Re: Weird Campaigns)
Date:	Sat, 23 May 1998 17:37:29 -0700

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> From: Alfredo B Alves <dghost@****.COM>
> To: SHADOWRN@********.ITRIBE.NET
> Subject: Re: Hacking Security Tallies (Was Re: Weird Campaigns)
> Date: Thursday, May 21, 1998 6:59 PM
>
> On Thu, 21 May 1998 12:05:31 -0500 Mike Elkins <MikeE@*********.COM>
> writes:
> ><snip: my hardware solution>
> <snip: his new hardware solution>
> >Just for context, "cheap" minicomputers (like the RS6000) do stuff like
> >this now, and they start at the $6000 buck range.
> >
> >Double-Domed Mike
> >--Real life Otaku...
>
> Hey, actually, what would the realistic costs be for servers? (I know VR
> 2 gives some costs but I don't think that's right ... anybody know the
> price / processing power ranges for modern-day servers?
>

Off the top of my head, I recall seeing a dual-pentium processor that would
function as a server selling for something like $8,000+ in the Dell
catalog. I think that would qualify as a low end Blue server, not counting
the VR sculpting and stuff like that. I always imagine Red servers being
something on par with a super computer.