Hi
I posted free/trade DEC stuff not too long ago. I had a taker for a DEC
cdrom now I have a LA100 mainboard that will go in garbage soon if I get
no replies. No idea if it works. Complete and looks ok. I have no idea
if it's worth anything...not familiar with DEC stuff...
Free for shipping cost from Montreal, Canada. Expect $3-5US approx.
Claude
An unsolicited e-mail I received today:
>From: "evan stickney" <estickney(a)hotmail.com>
>To: jfoust(a)threedee.com
>Subject: vax
>Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2000 09:18:57 -0500
>
>Some DEC stuff I have for sale.
Dear Sirs;
We have the following items for sale in Central Ohio:
Digital LP26 printer
DEC writer
VAX 11/750
TU80 tape drive
RA60 disk unit/ RA 61 module
DF03 modem
VT125 terminal
(5) RA 60 disk media
23 DEC tape II cartridges
64 tape cartridges with DEC software titles
4 Hammermill Paper boxes of documentation
(27) B-300-600 ribbons
I realize some of these items are bulky or in excess of 300 lbs.
I will consider parting out larger units since many people just
need pieces to keep theirs running. Software/documentation
titles on request. I think that the tapes are good but have
no way of checking.
On Dec 21, 17:00, Sean Caron wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <LFessen106(a)aol.com>
> To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
> Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2000 4:09 PM
> Subject: Re: Old SGI's?!
>
>
> > << Hmm, I dunno about reputable, I called them to try and sell them
this
> > stupid
> > origin 200 I have an the guy was a total ass.. he asked me if the
stupid
> > thing was stolen.. what a moron
> > >>
> >
> > I looked at their "reasonable" prices.. *Not*.
> I guess it's all relative. Granted, SGI systems are workstations, and if
> you're
> looking to purchase stuff from a reseller, it's going to be rather
expensive
> any way you go, because they're generally geared to the sort of clientele
> that will purchase and pay larger amounts of money for workstations and
> workstation parts. It's hard to keep this in mind sometimes when we are
> so used to getting equipment for free or extremely cheaply, but sometimes
> there's that part that we just really don't have much choice for.
>
> I didn't mean to point anyone in the "wrong" direction. I was just
> suggesting
> them as they certainly have the parts, and I personally have had nothing
but
> positive experiences with them in the past.
I second Sean's point of view. I've dealt with Reputable, as have a few of
my friends, and we've always found them helpful. The prices are
reasonable, especially compared to others (including private sellers) in
the workstation market. If you don't like them, you could try negotiating.
Will, any reasonable reseller will check the provenance of something like
an O200 -- not the sort of thing you usually find privately owned.
--
Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
Dept. of Computer Science
University of York
I just would like to say that I'm not saying that Reputable is necessarily a
bad place, only that my experience with them did not exactly make me happy.
I just don't appreciate people implying that I might have stolen a computer,
that's all...
Will J
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On December 21, Sean Caron wrote:
> > I looked at their "reasonable" prices.. *Not*.
>
> I guess it's all relative. Granted, SGI systems are workstations, and if
> you're
> looking to purchase stuff from a reseller, it's going to be rather expensive
> any way you go, because they're generally geared to the sort of clientele
> that will purchase and pay larger amounts of money for workstations and
> workstation parts. It's hard to keep this in mind sometimes when we are
> so used to getting equipment for free or extremely cheaply, but sometimes
> there's that part that we just really don't have much choice for.
>
> I didn't mean to point anyone in the "wrong" direction. I was just
> suggesting
> them as they certainly have the parts, and I personally have had nothing but
> positive experiences with them in the past.
I second this voice of support for Greg at reputable.com. I've had
nothing but positive experiences with him as well, and his prices
*are* reasonable...if you keep in mind the fact that he is a RESELLER,
not a surplus organization or a college equipment dump, and he deals
with lots of large corporations.
It's like dealing with Black Box. You'll never get the best price
>from them...but when you're in a pinch, what you need will always be
on your doorstep before you wake up the next morning.
-Dave McGuire
Today I picked up a HP 3000 980/100 at auction for $45. Still have not
unloaded it yet need a way to get it off the van, they loaded it with a
forklift. I just have the cpu no monitor or keyboard. Anyone have
spec's on this unit.
John Keys
Perhaps a quickie for the classic 'calc types amongst us:
Just acquired a Frieden 132 Electronic Calculator, and while it appears to
function, the screen display is somewhat distorted. It appears to be
overscanning and a bit to the dim side.
So, any common POF on this one?
-jim
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On Dec 21, 10:57, Mark Green wrote:
> On Dec 21, 12:27, LFessen106(a)aol.com wrote:
> > Neither one has a KB, Mouse or Monitor, and although a decent SVGA
works
> > fine, I can't for the life of me find the KB/Mouse for these anywhere
(they
> > have the ps2 style connector, but are *not* ps2 compatable).
Mark has answered that. All I will add is that (apart from the PS/2
keytboards and mice used on Indigo^2, Indy, O2, and later) keyboards for
different 4D machines and original Indigos differ only in the plug fitted.
You could try Greg Douglas at www.reputable.com or Doug Mashek (look in the
comp.sys.sgi.* newsgroups; you'll find them).
> > from one to the other? I read somewhere there was a prom command to
> > duplicate hard drives???
Not exactly. If the drives have *exactly the same* geometry (you can check
this by using the standalone fx command that may be included in partition
8) then you can use cp from the prom to copy the entire disk. Otherwise,
format (only if necessary!), label, and partition the drive (using fx,
either from the prom or IRIX) then do a mkfs on it, and finally you can use
tar to copy one filesystem to another. IRIX tar -- at least in 5.3 and
possibly in 4.0.x -- is smart enough to "do the right thing" for entries in
/dev.
> > Is there someone on the list willing to part with an old copy of Irix?
These
> > machines will only run up to 5.0.3 I think.
Up to 5.3; I don't think there is a 5.0.3. 5.3 came on CDs, so start
looking for a SCSI CD-ROM that can be fixed in hardware to do 512-byte
blocks. Older Toshibas are excellent for this. Some Apple, Sun and DEC
CD-ROM drives may work too -- there's a document at
ftp://viz.tamu.edu/pub/sgi about this (and lots more).
--
Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
Dept. of Computer Science
University of York
<< Hmm, I dunno about reputable, I called them to try and sell them this
stupid
origin 200 I have an the guy was a total ass.. he asked me if the stupid
thing was stolen.. what a moron
>>
I looked at their "reasonable" prices.. *Not*.
On December 21, Eric J. Korpela wrote:
> > . I'd pay several hundred bucks for a pdp11/34a in a
> > heartbeat on eBay. Why? Because I've been looking for one for a LONG
> > time [...]
>
> I don't think this invalidates the point Aaron made. In fact it validates
> it. Enter several hundred bucks for your maximum and you won't have to
> snipe. If it goes above that, well, it was more than you were willing to
> pay. What's the problem? If you are disappointed you didn't get it, then
> you apparently didn't have your maximum set high enough.
You do have a point there, I must admit.
> That's usually not the goal of sniping. The goal of sniping is to get the
> item for less that you think others would be willing to pay. Then again
> if they really had entered their maximum, the technique wouldn't work. The
> problem is that most people really don't think through what their maximum is
> and are willing to change their "maximum" several times over the course of
> the week.
This is a VERY good point. If one is doing it for business, say,
buying and selling Ciscos, it's easy to attach a dollar figure to an
item. But when I do a search for "pdp* -plasma", it's sometimes
difficult to figure out how much money something is worth to me.
Often it even varies with my mood!
> I usually bid my maximum right away. I'm never disappointed because someone
> else was willing to pay more, because I am unwilling to pay more. Sniping
> really doesn't buy you anything but the satisfaction of knowing you've paid
> more than you were originally willing to.
I assume you mean "less"?
-Dave McGuire
