Seems he will be happy with $500 for all of them. Why
should they make computers that are so heavy? I am
sure the boards are light. I remembered that I once
assembled a TU81, and there were two weights -- yes,
weights -- in it that each was about 50LB.
vax, 3900
--- Antonio Carlini <arcarlini_at_iee.org> wrote:
> > Someone's listed an entire VAX cluster with an
> 11/785 on EBay...
> > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?
> >
>
ViewItem&item=4128752485&category=1247&sspagename=STRK%3AMEBWA
> > %3AIT&rd=1
> > and the opening bid is only $500. If I could
> figure out
> > how to get it
> > out to CA, I'd bid on it!
>
> Not just a 785 but a VAX 8530, a VAX 8700 too. Two
> VAX 8250s
> to boot (pun possibly intended :-)). Plus much other
> stuff
> including spare parts and distribution tapes.
>
> Surely CA is no problem: I assume you'd have to hire
> a driver
> to go with the 40' truck anyway - how expensive can
> it be
> from Oklahom to California :-)
>
> I like the "Preference to go to a good home -
> otherwise theres over $2,000 scrap gold in these
> machines"
> and I'm impressed by the "Can be shown fully
> working".
>
> Clearly a golden opportunity for someone.
>
> Antonio
>
> --
>
> ---------------
> Antonio Carlini arcarlini_at_iee.org
>
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Received on Mon May 03 2004 - 14:45:10 BST