Lovely period furniture: VAX 4000-500

From: Merle K. Peirce <at258_at_osfn.org>
Date: Wed Mar 21 20:59:11 2001

On Wed, 21 Mar 2001, R. D. Davis wrote:
> Is this supposed to be a group about preserving or destroying classic
> computers? There are people on this list who want to obtain, use and
> preserve such equipment as those VAXen; we don't need idiots buying
> the remaining few, tearing their insides out and then using them as
> furniture -- that's even worse than sending the equipment off to a
> museum to rot away and never be used again.

I left one Vax cabinet outside for "Piddles" my poodle to use as a dog
house. I have another that I use for bulk spaghetti sauce storage.

M. K. Peirce

Rhode Island Computer Museum, Inc.
Shady Lea, Rhode Island

"Casta est quam nemo rogavit."
              
              - Ovid
Received on Wed Mar 21 2001 - 20:59:11 GMT