Wang 2200 LVPC-E available

From: Jim Battle <frustum_at_pacbell.net>
Date: Sat Jul 31 22:04:09 2004

A gentleman in Baltimore sent me this email:

<start of email>

I happen to have a Wang 2200 and have been wondering about it. I used to
have a one man computer hardware design consulting company with an
office in a medical/professional office building. One day a doctor in a
nearby office had the maintenance man wheel in this Wang 2200 into my
office. No manuals, no floppies, no terminals. As far as I know it was
in working condition when it was retired circa 1996. It in a storage
area since then and I have decided it needs a good home.

<end of email>

A subsequent email showed it to be a Wang 2200 LVPC-E, made in 1983.
The machine has a single 8" floppy, but the internal hard disk has been
removed. The VP series machines had a writable microcode store, so to
execute BASIC, it had to come off of a disk. So as it stands, it will
not boot.

I asked him about his asking price and he said:

<start of email>

This unit is very heavy, so I worry about delivery. My ideal scenario is
someone would drive up and grab it from me. From what you said it would
cost more to ship (have to be by truck) than its worth.

<end of email>

If you are interested in the machine and can pick it up, please send me
an email at frustum_at_pacbell.net and I'll send you pictures and I'll give
you his email address. I'm not posting his email directly so his
address doesn't get spam harvested.
Received on Sat Jul 31 2004 - 22:04:09 BST