Re: DEC workstations FTGH in SF Bay Area, CA, US

I have an alpha server 4100 and a dec xp1000 or similar from memory in my loft
running openbsd.

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On 10 Jan 2012, at 08:17, Francois Pussault <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Getting DEC is always hard... I have only found a few VAX & less DEC Alpha
...
> Most recent I got was about 6 mouth ago, I check for stations each week all
over France & Germany.
>
> MicroVax are often used by their owner so it cannot be found on market.
> DEC alpha are often still used in companies as "historic" or "rescue" so it
is hard to find in market...
>
>
>
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>> From: Khalid Schofield <[email protected]>
>> Sent: Tue Jan 10 08:12:25 CET 2012
>> To: Brett <[email protected]>
>> Subject: Re: DEC workstations FTGH in SF Bay Area, CA, US
>>
>>
>> Hi
>>
>> I'd love these but I'm in the UK....
>>
>> I have been looking for a MicroVAX 3800/3900 or any VAX tower for years.
>> Although these your offering are workstations it's closer than nothing :-)
>>
>>
>>
>> Khalid
>>
>>
>>
>> On 9 Jan 2012, at 23:36, Brett wrote:
>>
>>>> From the classic computers mailing list today:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Message: 23
>>> Date: Mon, 09 Jan 2012 02:29:45 -0800
>>> From: Steven M Jones <[email protected]>
>>> To: [email protected]
>>> Subject: DEC workstations FTGH in SF Bay Area, CA, US
>>> Message-ID: <[email protected]>
>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
>>>
>>> Time to thin the herd - I have a number of DEC machines that are free to
>>> a good home, though beer fund donations will be accepted. Available for
>>> pickup in central Berkeley by appointment, or I may be able to deliver
>>> to some parts of the East or South Bay at my convenience. I'll also take
>>> them to a Mailboxes Etc equivalent to be packed and shipped if you
>>> really want to pay for that...
>>>
>>> Here's what's on offer:
>>>
>>> DEC 3000/300LX - Alpha 21064, can get to PROM monitor on all of these
>>> #1 -  32MB RAM, 1 x RZ25L HDD (~500MB)
>>> #2 - 256MB RAM, 1 x RZ25L HDD (~500MB)
>>> #3 - 160MB RAM, no HDD but bracket is included
>>>
>>> DECstation 3100 - MIPS R2000, don't have MMJ or video cables, can't
verify
>>> #1 - Can see VSIMM and 4 SIMMs, no HDD
>>>
>>> DECstation 5000/133 - MIPS R3000?, no graphics, no response on the DB25
>>> serial ports
>>> #1 - 32MB RAM, 1 x RZ25L HDD
>>>
>>> VAXstation 3100 m38 - don't have MMJ or video cables, can't verify
>>> #1 - Can see 2 RAM daughterboards, no HDD, 8 bit graphics board?
>>> #2 - At least 1 RAM board, 1 x RZ23E HDD (100MB?), 1 x RX23 floppy,
>>> graphics board
>>>
>>>
>>> First come, first served based on email.
>>> --/Steve/.
>>> <smj (a) crash (d) com>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>
>
>
> Cordialement
> Francois Pussault
> 3701 - 8 rue Marcel Pagnol
> 31100 Toulouse
> France
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