Hi,
Do you have the phone # for the guy that buys bulk from the auctions? I'm looking for a Mr. Drummond that does this, to learn of what happen to some hard drives that he bought in 2003.
Thanks,
George Wiegand
----- Original Message -----
From: "Andreas Holz" <asholz_at_topinform.de>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic Posts Only" <cctech_at_classiccmp.org>
Cc: <cctalk_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2005 2:49 AM
Subject: Re: Convex SPP(3?) .... Worth saving?
> Hello,
>
> did you got more informations about this machine? Did you save it?
>
> Andreas
>
> >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
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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