Dang, sorry about that, it's getting late ....
On 7 Jul 2002 at 1:35, g_at_kurico.com wrote:
> Will you be around tomorrow. Do you still have the Sun2? I'll pick up both the Sun2 and
> the Sony if they are both available. Hopefully this time we'll connect.
>
> George
>
> On 7 Jul 2002 at 1:17, Bill Bradford wrote:
>
> > I've got a Sony NEWS workstation (keyboard, system unit, and
> > external SCSI tape drive) free for pickup in Austin, TX.
> >
> > Its a NWS-841. I no longer have the monitor for the unit (has a 3W3
> > connector on the back; monitor was a GDM-1962B-style), but I do have
> > the keyboard (in original box, no mouse) and external tape drive
> > (uses a Centronics-style SCSI-I cable). Has a floppy drive (with yellow
> > plastic drive protector) and even still has the red "caps" covering some of
> > the I/O ports in back. It looks very unused, but its been years since I tried
> > to power it up; I dont even remember anymore where I got it from.
> >
> > Best specs I've been able to find on it:
> >
> > http://groups.google.com/groups?q=NWS-841&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&selm=24800002%40iuvax&rnum=7
> >
> > " There was a short blurb about the new Sony workstations in
> > INFOWORLD (Feb 1, 1988 page 3, "AT DEADLINE").
> >
> > ...Internally called the "Sun Killer," the NWS-841 will sport
> > two 16-MHz 68020 microprocessors, a 68881 math coprocessor, 8M of RAM,
> > a 286- MB floppy drive, six I/O ports, including an EtherNET
> > interface, one rep. said. The machine will sell for about $19,900.
> > Supported software will include BSD4.2, NFS, and X. "
> >
> > Anyway, if anybody is interested, let me know. I'd like to get this
> > out of the way, but dont want to scrap it. It just must go to a good
> > home.
> >
> > Bill
> >
> > --
> > Bill Bradford
> > mrbill_at_mrbill.net
> > Austin, TX
>
>
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