Convex SPP(3?) .... Worth saving?

From: Corda Albert J DLVA <CordaAJ_at_NSWC.NAVY.MIL>
Date: Tue Jun 8 17:38:02 2004

Hey guys...
     I have a line on a Convex machine. The current owner is a guy
who attends Govt. auctions and buys bulk, then scraps out stuff for
gold/parts/etc... He calls me when he finds anything interesting, so...

He says this is a Convex SPP3. (it's _heavy_... around 400 Lbs.) I
haven't seen it yet, so I don't know anything more right now.
Unfortunately,
I have no knowledge of Convex stuff, and a web search turned up some
Convex SPP stuff, but not much, and _nothing_ on an "SPP3". Can anyone
enlighten me further? (Yep, I know it's an SMP architecture of some sort,
but
little more than that).

A couple of questions...
Is this machine historically significant? (I.e. worth saving?)

Does anyone know of a source for documentation? (I've done a prelim.
web/newsgroup
search, but haven't turned anything up)

Does anyone have (or know where I can find) a copy of an OS for it
(apparently
it's a unix variant. He told me that the disks were missing... not unusual
for an auction item)

400 lbs is a bit large for me, but if there is a remote chance I can bring
this
critter back to life (and it's worth saving) it's probably worth the effort.
I'll going to
try to take a look at it and try to get some sort of model#/ident. Anything
I should
be looking out for or wary of?

-al-
-acorda_at_1bigred.com
Received on Tue Jun 08 2004 - 17:38:02 BST