Someone from my former home town has a bunch of MicroVAXen stuff
that's going to, he says, go to the scrapyard if no one expresses
interest. Any of the Bay Area crew care to negotiate with this guy?
Please reply directl to him. Thanks!
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From: Paul Leondis <leondis_at_slip.net>
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Subject: microVAX blowout in Bay Area
Date: 21 Dec 1997 20:46:53 GMT
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Time to let go of some more treasured junk.
I have enough miscellaneous parts to put together about 3 working
microVAXEN, with many spare parts left over. The hoard includes but is
not
limited to:
(3) BA23 cabinets, (2) w/ floor-standing tower setups
(~5) CPUS
(1) monochrome monitor for QVSS graphics system
(1) color monitor for QDSS graphics system (history buffs! this is the
system that X was developed on, (i think!))
(2) 1.2Gb SMD disks
(lots) 80Mb RD53 MFM disks
(3) TK50 tape drives
lots of the typical controllers, memory, et cetera.
various versions of Ultrix and VMS
etc.
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Here's the deal: highest bid takes all the stuff. I'm not really
expecting
anyone to pay much for this stuff (but you can if you want:-)). If
someone
would trade me a 486 or better clone box (or even motherboard) that would
be fine.
Or, if you could come up with a fixed-scan PCI card, i'd keep just the
color monitor.
Or i'd trade the whole mess for a 17 or 19 inch multisync monitor, but i'm
not gonna hold my breath on that deal.
If after a week or two no one has expressed any interest at all, it will
go
to a scrap yard.
***NOTE: I like to collect old stuff myself, i've got tons of it and i
sympathize with the obsession, but PLEASE, PLEASE do not send me mail from
Nova Scotia or Britain saying could i ship the stuff to you it's a pity to
see it trashed. I'll only deliver it local to the Berkeley California
area, and then probably only if you can sweeten up the deal for me as
outlined above.
Thanks much,
Paul Leondis
leondis_at_slip.net
510-649-0993 phone
Berkeley, CA
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Received on Mon Dec 22 1997 - 09:22:04 GMT