> I've got a lead on four DG Aviions, CPUs only. They look
> to be pretty clean but I didn't have much time to check them
> out and there was no way to test any of them. They appeared
> to be identical, but I only got to see the back label on one of
> them, which was an AV 4300.
>
> Any interest?
Are these MC88000 based? If so, they're kind of neat boxes. I'd be
interested in them myself, except I'm really financially strapped
myself at the moment. I recall seeing a website for someone who
was interested in collecting systems like this; I think it was
http://www.m88k.org or something like that. IMHO, the MC88000
based Aviion systems are kind of interesting by their obscurity,
as I don't see them at all around by me.
> Also, at the same place there's an RS/6000 J50. Again, just the
> CPU box itself and no way of testing anything.
Probably just an early MCA bus POWER based machine. Again, its
kind of interesting in that I don't see IBM RISC stuff very often,
but in the grand scheme of things, it's not as interesting as
the Aviion stuff (if its 88000 based).
> If someone is seriously interested, let me know what they might
> be worth (sight unseen, I know) and I'll go back with an offer to
> pick 'em up.
>
> They're located in Maryland, if shipping or pick-up is an issue.
Wish I could afford to have you grab some of these in my stead and
have them shipped! All in all, they're probably not worth a whole
lot of money - they're "just" older UNIX workstations. I'd offer
maybe $20-50 per, depending on condition personally in terms of
just being able to pick up some new hardware. Others here will
probably dispute my idea of a "fair" price, though (I'm probably
a bit high off the mark).
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Received on Wed Jul 11 2001 - 22:39:53 BST