The Paxton auction: the puzzle

From: Zane H. Healy <healyzh_at_aracnet.com>
Date: Mon Apr 19 01:50:10 1999

> P012.JPG 17-Apr-1999 22:02 58k
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>I'm not the DEC expert, so I don't know what's up top (is that the Minc?),
>but the 8" drive system is a DEC RX-02.

Yes, the cards that should have been in it are visible at the very bottom.

> P013.JPG 17-Apr-1999 22:02 61k
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>Again, I'll leave the proper ID'ing to the DEC experts, but the PC desktop
>type box on the top left looks to be a DECmate?, next to that looks to be
>some VT-320s?, the big boxes in the middle look to be RL-01s?

Those were two Pro350's in VERY bad shape, the DECmate II's were elsewhere.
The drives that look the same are RA81's, the one that looks different is a
RA60. The terminals are VT240's.

On the far right on top of the printer (?) sitting on top that rack is a TK25.

> P014.JPG 17-Apr-1999 22:02 61k
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>Whatever that is on the left looks cool, perhaps a tape drive (DEC?), in

TU81+

>the middle, on top looks to be a Cipher tape drive of some model, below is
>some DEC hard drive I'm guessing, I can almost read the label on the unit

RA81 again, IIRC

>on the end, so its cheating, but it looks like a VAX something er other.

VAX-11/730 on top was a RL02, and another RA81 on the bottom.

>The terminal on top looks from the styling to be a DEC teletype of some
>sort? (Ok, I'm embarrassingly bad at identifying DEC hardware :)

A DECwriter something....

> P020.JPG 17-Apr-1999 22:02 60k
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>These must be the HP 1000F chassis' that Jim went home with (what's that
>blue thing on top?)

That is a Laser of some sort.

> P022.JPG 17-Apr-1999 22:02 75k
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>On top of the green/red/blue/brown volumes are Xerox 6085 OS manuals (the
>2nd generation Xerox 8010).

Those green/red/blue/brown volumes were Shipping Registries (you know as in
sails on the sea), the manual being looked at is a manual for a rack mount
MicroVAX II.

> P027.JPG 17-Apr-1999 22:02 77k
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>In the far back, to the left, on the shelf, two similar units stacked one
>on the other: either DECmates or Rainbow 100's.

DECmate II's and Rainbows, and on the floor under them is a tower case for
that style machine, I guess you just slip it in?

> P037.JPG 17-Apr-1999 22:03 71k
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>DECmates?

Actually on the left you're mainly seeing the DECmate II's and Rainbows
that you saw in P027, on the right are my DECmate III's. This was after I
separated the original mess into a pile of what I was and wasn't interested
in :^)

> P038.JPG 17-Apr-1999 22:03 60k
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>I can read these: DECmates. And a TZ-50 tape drive to the right?

Behind that pile is a DECmate III in the box, as far as I can tell it's
brand new. The three boxes in front are all DECmate III's (same box as a
TZ50), a pair of monitors and keyboards, and The motherboard for a Rainbow,
and a
DEC Professional motherboard. Both monitors seem to work, and I've powered
on the DECmate III that was in the box. Now I need some software for them
so I can test it better (yes, I know it's on the web).

> P042.JPG 17-Apr-1999 22:03 59k
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>Aha, someone got a black Bell & Howell Apple ][+ (up front, near
>passenger-side door).

Well, parts to fix up the one I got a year ago from Jim.

                                Zane
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