The guy who threw out the 11/70 (was: Vax 8600 on Ebay)

From: Tothwolf <tothwolf_at_concentric.net>
Date: Sun Aug 4 11:35:00 2002

On Sun, 4 Aug 2002, David Betz wrote:

> > Sadly, I've heard about many things that were posted up for adoption on
> > the list here that ended up junked/dumped simply because no one claimed
> > them. Not to offend anyone, but it seems like if something doesn't have
> > the letters 'DEC' printed on it somewhere, there are far fewer list
> > subscribers interested in it.
>
> Well, I have yet to give away my DEC Pro-350, DEC VT-180 and DECWriter
> IV. No one seems to want to pick them up in Manchester, NH.

I guess location can also play a major role. The IBM display writer that
went up for adoption last week for example, I'd love to have. The real
issue there is that it isn't economical to ship. (I have more or less two
textpak sets, the dual drive unit, and possibly a broken printer for one
of those.)

-Toth
Received on Sun Aug 04 2002 - 11:35:00 BST