Rich vs. Poor: Middle Ground (Was: RE: Is it time for an Internat ional Vintage Computer Association? Was: Yo)

From: William Donzelli <aw288_at_osfn.org>
Date: Tue Jun 27 15:20:48 2000

> On the gripping hand, I know of some "collectors" (as
> in they acquire large amounts of stuff without looking for
> commercial gain) who will, for example, rip all the boards out of
> a working VAX 8650 but leave the chassis behind, because they have
> no way of hauling the chassis cabinets nor a place to put them. As
> far as I can tell, nobody wins here, because a working 8650 was turned
> into a pile of nearly-worthless parts that will simply sit in the basement
> for a couple of decades. Does this stop the offenders? Of course not!

What if the machines are to be scrapped in a hurry, and no one can take
the whole thing? I would think that gutting the things is the best
option. A few parts are better than nothing...

I have done this - specifically with a VAX-11/750 and 4D/380. These were
advertised on this list in the very early days, but I was apparently the
only one that could even get close to the machines. Needless to say, I
couldn't take the machines as a whole, so the cards were pulled.

William Donzelli
aw288_at_osfn.org
Received on Tue Jun 27 2000 - 15:20:48 BST