The Paxton auction: the puzzle

From: James Willing <jimw_at_agora.rdrop.com>
Date: Sun Apr 18 23:37:25 1999

At 09:18 PM 4/18/99 -0700, you wrote:
>
>In case anyone's wondering what everything is in the pictures Mr. Willing
>took at Paxton's auction, I've identified as many things as I can so that
>if anyone ever spots one of these in their travels and wonders if its
>worth their while to pick up, they'll at least have an idea what they're
>looking at.

<snippage>

> P023.JPG 17-Apr-1999 22:02 64k
>
>Damn it! Damn it all to hell! That's the HP 9000/520 Unix workstation
>I've been lusting for!! Frank McConnell has the only one I've ever seen.

Well then, you're gonna hate me! It followed me home! (or at least, will
as soon as I get back to pick it up!)

> P024.JPG 17-Apr-1999 22:02 73k
>
>Tektronix 4001 (or 4002?) storage scope.

Well... I thot it was a 4002 as well... It is a 4006-1. It followed me
home too!

> P044.JPG 17-Apr-1999 22:03 79k
>
>Is this the HP1000F? I thought you said it was an empty chassis.

No, I said I got the CPUs only (as opposed to a complete system). P044.JPG
is the rear of the unit, P045.JPG is the front. B^}

-jim

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