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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Actually I think that maybe something like wallapop or vinted could be exploited to ship internationally ( within eu supported countries ) at low low rates.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> rescue <rescue-bounces@sunhelp.org>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>William Barnett-Lewis via rescue<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, December 16, 2025 11:16 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> The Rescue List <rescue@sunhelp.org><br>
<b>Cc:</b> William Barnett-Lewis <wlewisiii@gmail.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [rescue] Computer Collection Dissolution<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">A Sun Blade 2500 ~22 kg, to Netherlands would be $1500 now at UPS lowest rate. We're doing something else but will still cost $600 minimum for that "small" a machine.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#888888">Live like you will never die, love like you've never been hurt, dance<br>
like no-one is watching.<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Tue, Dec 16, 2025, 16:12 Lionel Peterson via rescue <<a href="mailto:rescue@sunhelp.org">rescue@sunhelp.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I helped a friend ship a SPARC server 1000 from Texas to Australia and it was on the order of $1,500, it involved an expediter that built a custom wood crate for the machine.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">That was several years ago, I can't even imagine what it would cost today.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Where I'm heading with this is that it could cost a couple thousand dollars to get his very particular PDP-11/34 & RK05 shipped to the U.S. - it might be easier to find a machine in the U.S. for less money.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">But, the heart wants what the heart wants, I get it...<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">On Dec 16, 2025, at 15:34, John Hudak via rescue <<a href="mailto:rescue@sunhelp.org" target="_blank">rescue@sunhelp.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">If anyone would consider shipping some of this stuff to the stated, I am interested in the 11/34+RK05. I have no idea about shipping cost but I am sure it won't be cheap. I am in the states and can't get there....I must say you have quite
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Tue, Dec 16, 2025 at 4:18<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">\u202f</span>PM Jochen Kunz via rescue <<a href="mailto:rescue@sunhelp.org" target="_blank">rescue@sunhelp.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello.<br>
<br>
So it is happening. Finally. What a relieve. I am giving away my <br>
(almost) entire classic computer collection. Free of charge (almost). <br>
But local pickup only due to health reasons. Read: Due to a physical <br>
disability I am not able to ship any computers.<br>
Location: Kaiserslautern, Germany.<br>
<br>
Almost because I will keep my beloved SPARCstation 1+, my SGI O2 and a <br>
few spare parts for sentimental reasons. I am still tempted to keep a <br>
QBus with a LSI11 and MicroVAX III...<br>
<br>
Anything else has to go.<br>
<br>
I don't wane make a profit out of it. I want the stuff go into good <br>
hands with absolut minimum effort at my side. As compensation I only ask <br>
for your help to get rid of some other stuff that has accumulated over <br>
the years. (Loads of disk, CDROM and tape drives. Cables, adapters, <br>
expansion cards, RAM modules, ... and some junk in my basement. More <br>
cables, 14" VGA monitor, glass-TTY, 19" rack mounts, empty boxes, ...) <br>
Either you take some of the junk with you, or you help me bring the junk <br>
to the nearby recycling center. I don't care, as long as the junk is <br>
gone. I may also request your help to rearrange existing or install new <br>
furniture in my appartement. (My desk uses the Sun 3/260 as support...)<br>
<br>
You want it all? Perfect. Rent a moving truck. Come and get it. You just <br>
want some pieces? Fine. Come, get what you want and take some junk out <br>
of the pile. The more nice stuff you take, the more junk you have to <br>
take. (Sounds worse then it is.)<br>
<br>
Almost complete list of stuff available below. Almost all stuff can be <br>
picked up and transported by a singe, strong person. Only a few pieces <br>
will require an additional hand, that I can not provide my self due to <br>
health reasons. Contact me off list with your machines of interest to <br>
get things arranged.<br>
<br>
Rationale:<br>
<br>
I haven't done anything with this stuff in 15+ years. After 15 years, I <br>
am quite confident that this will not change. I tried to get back into <br>
it in 2010 by acquiring a PDP-11/34A. After a few weeks I lost interest <br>
and now it is sitting partly disassembled and waiting for repairs. (The <br>
PSU bricks need new electrolytic capacitors...) Sitting there for 15 <br>
years. Untouched.<br>
<br>
I haven't really read any postings to this list in 10+ years. I am <br>
basically only still subscribed to nag myself to write this email.<br>
<br>
For me, my machinery is like books that I have read. I had a lot of fun <br>
reading those books. I learned a lot out of them. Most important are the <br>
people that I got to meet via them. Like this very mailing list and the <br>
legendary VAXpower meetings... :-) But now I know all the books. There <br>
is nothing new to discover. The books just sit there on shelves, <br>
collecting dust. It reached a point where all this stuff is getting in <br>
my way to live a happy live. The collection has become an obligation, a <br>
burden. Especially as:<br>
<br>
At the end of 2009 my back broke and I needed an emergency surgery. Now <br>
I have to be very careful with lifting and carrying stuff. I don't move <br>
anything over maybe 6 kg anymore. (That is 13ish pounds for you <br>
imperialists. ;-) ) This is also the reason why I can not ship anything. <br>
I am simply not physically able to package the stuff and bring it to the <br>
post office without risking breaking my back again. And when my back <br>
brakes again, I may end up in a wheelchair. I escaped that just barely <br>
when my back broke initially in 2009... Needless to say that this <br>
physical damage also caused mental issues. I will not take any risk <br>
breaking my body again.<br>
<br>
Also: I live in an old appartement building. My landlord will renovate <br>
the appartement that I rent in late summer 2026. I may move out of this <br>
appartement into an other one in spring 2026, so that the appartement is <br>
uninhabited during renovation. I will not move all of this stuff to a <br>
new appartement. And if I don't move, I wane get rid of the collection <br>
anyway. It will ease the renovation process a lot. Anything that is not <br>
already gone when the renovation starts, respectively on moving day, <br>
will be recycled. If this means the PDP-11/34A goes into the dumpster to <br>
be shredded, than it will happen.<br>
<br>
<br>
Machinery:<br>
<br>
DEC PDP-11/34A + RK05, optionally in low boy 19" rack.<br>
Shares a RL02 and a Cypher 9-track Pertec tape drive with the 11/73.<br>
<br>
Tektronix 4000-something storage tube vector graphics terminal.<br>
I think I still have the accompanying Tek printer.<br>
Originally part of the 11/34A system.<br>
<br>
DEC PDP-11/73, the "franken-11"<br>
I pieced this together over time in a BA23 desk side box. Runs 2.11BSD. <br>
Has 4 MB RAM, 2 x MSCP ESDI disks (IIRC 150 MB each), TK50, RL02, SMD <br>
and Pertec adapters. Comes with a 9" 1 GB E-SMD disk. Shares a RL02 and <br>
a Cypher 9-track Pertec tape drive with the 11/34A.<br>
<br>
DEC VAX 4000-300, upgraded to a -400<br>
<br>
DEC VAX 4000-200<br>
<br>
DEC VT1300<br>
<br>
2 x DEC VAXstation 2000 (At least one has patched ROMs to boot SCSI.)<br>
<br>
DEC VAXstation 3100m76<br>
<br>
DEC VAXstation 4000 VLC<br>
<br>
DEC VAXstation 4000-60<br>
<br>
DEC VAXstation 4000-90<br>
<br>
DEC MicroVAX 3100-95<br>
<br>
DEC DECstation 3100<br>
<br>
DEC DECstation 5000-240<br>
<br>
DEC AlphaStation 200 4/166<br>
<br>
DEC 3000 300x<br>
<br>
DEC 3000 600<br>
<br>
DEC Alpha PWS 500au<br>
<br>
DEC Alpha DS20E (I don't know for sure. It has no model number on the <br>
front. It looks like a DS20E. I have never, ever even powered up this <br>
thing.)<br>
<br>
Tektronix 8560 Multi-User Software Development Unit<br>
This is a DEC PDP-11/23 CPU in Tek box. It runs a customized UNIX V7.<br>
<br>
<br>
At my parents place there should still be<br>
MicroVAX III<br>
MicroVAX 3500.<br>
2 x 9" NEC E-SMD disks, 1 GB<br>
Tektronix 4000-something text terminal with storage tube.<br>
Additional logistics will be required if you wane retrieve this stuff.<br>
<br>
<br>
IBM PS/2 Modell 95 XP 486<br>
<br>
IBM PS/2 80<br>
<br>
IBM RS/6000 43P-140<br>
<br>
IBM RS/6000 43P-150<br>
<br>
IBM RS/6000 44P-170<br>
<br>
<br>
SGI Indy<br>
<br>
SGI Octane, SSE GFX, PCI card cage with SCSI and FDDI cards.<br>
IIRC 300 MHz R12k and 2 GB RAM. There must be an additional SI or SE <br>
graphics somewhere. I run this machine dual headed. This was my main <br>
desktop from 2001 to 2006.<br>
<br>
SGI Personal IRIS, probably a 4D/25, I can't remember.<br>
<br>
SGI Indigo IIRC R3000<br>
<br>
SGI Indigo IIRC R4000<br>
<br>
SGI Indigo 2 teal R4000, Extreme GFX<br>
<br>
SGI Indigo 2 magenta R10k, Impact GFX<br>
<br>
SGI Octane carcass (Empty main box with front plane, no CPU, GFX, ...)<br>
<br>
SGI Origin 200<br>
<br>
<br>
Sun 3/60<br>
<br>
Sun 3/60 box with Sun 4/600 board inside, -12V hack for console RS232.<br>
<br>
Sun 4/110<br>
<br>
Sun 3/260<br>
<br>
Sun SPARCstation IPX<br>
<br>
Sun SPARCstation 2<br>
<br>
Sun SPARCstation 5<br>
<br>
Sun SPARCstation 10<br>
<br>
Sun SPARCstation 20<br>
<br>
Sun Ultra 1 creator3D<br>
<br>
Sun Ultra 2<br>
<br>
Sun Ultra 5 ("franken 5" build from parts into a PC box.)<br>
<br>
Sun Ultra 10<br>
<br>
Sun Netra X1<br>
<br>
Sun Netra T1<br>
<br>
Sun Fire V240<br>
<br>
<br>
Apple Macintosh IIci<br>
<br>
Apple MacMini G4<br>
<br>
Apple PowerMac G5, single 1,8 Ghz.<br>
<br>
<br>
Motorola MVME Type 3200, desktop box, 4 x 6U VME, IIRC MVME162 CPU.<br>
<br>
<br>
Sony NEWS NWS-3410<br>
<br>
<br>
HP Apollo 400 425t<br>
<br>
HP 9000 750 (It may be 400s, but IIRC it is a 750.)<br>
<br>
HP 9000 B2000<br>
<br>
<br>
Loads of (mostly SCSI) disk, CDROM and tape drives. Cables, adapters,<br>
expansion cards, RAM modules, hubs, switches, FDDI concentrator, ...<br>
<br>
IBM P200 / Sony Trinitron 19" monitor. Does sync on green.<br>
I used it with my SGIs.<br>
<br>
HP LaserJet 4 with JetDirect LAN<br>
(The VF-Display is dead, but otherwise works.)<br>
<br>
2 x HP Scanjet IIc, one has an Automated Document Feeder.<br>
Works great with Impresario from SGI IRIX.<br>
<br>
<br>
Test equipment:<br>
<br>
Dolch Logic Instruments logic analyzer. IIRC 48 channels @ 300 MHz.<br>
<br>
HP Digital Storage Oscilloscope 54710 with 3 x 1 GHz / 2 Msamels/s <br>
Y-modules.<br>
<br>
<br>
Analog photo gear:<br>
<br>
Durst Laborator 1000 4"x5" enlarger, table top version.<br>
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tschüss,<br>
Jochen<br>
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tschüss,<br>
Jochen<br>
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