[geeks] homeless DEC stuff in NY state

[Andrew Weiss]

Where in NY did you say?

Andrew

On Saturday, June 8, 2002, at 12:53 AM, Tim H. wrote:

> I have some stuff I'd like to have use up other peoples space.  Older 
> DEC stuff, I think there are 3 DECStation 5000s of various types, a 
> couple storag boxes of same vintage, some full height drives, all 
> pretty small I think.  Memory has been yanked, but I may have some when 
> I figure out how much my 5000 will actually hold. (I put it all in my 
> box, but that won't boot now, grumbles about too many handles or some 
> such)  I think there is a DEC 3000 in the pile also (alpha) not sure 
> how complete.  No, I don't want to ship it, darn I try not to pick it 
> up.  It has been stored in dry but non-temperature controlled 
> environment.  Also there is one of those monstrous old tektronix 
> printers that just patch into the monitor line and do screen dumps, and 
> use full width color transfer film.  That thing I definitely will not 
> pick up, bring a buddy to help you. :-)  I think there is even a good 
> optical interconnect cable with the printer, and a couple extra control 
> boxes.  This stuff all !
> graduated from a CAD shop, and most of it was actually running in the 
> last 3-5 years.
>
> Tim
>
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