LET'S RESOLVE THIS ISSUE was (Re: Made a deal to get a Vax6000,2Fujitsu Supercomputers and TOPS10???)

-----Original Message----- From: Allison J Parent <allisonp(a)world.std.com> To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers <classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu> Date: Thursday, November 25, 1999 10:51 AM Subject: Re: LET'S RESOLVE THIS ISSUE was (Re: Made a deal to get a Vax6000,2Fujitsu Supercomputers and TOPS10???) That's easy Allison. I have refused three Vax 11/780s this year so far the went to the shredder... I don't know how many more in the spring I refused as I was not taking any more systems from factories/liquidators[ things were slow]. Now that I have a site on the Internet and a presense on this list.. I have a pile of wish lists, requests, orders, etc... and I now have 1 person out of a few hundred that is willing to purchase 1 Vax 11/780 *just* over my scrap cost. *All* the others aren't interested. No one else wants them... and many factories kept them in *stores* when they were finsihed with them as most don't bother even scrapping the stuff. I generally figure out current population by the number of requests I get to pick up a model of a mini. Also, I look at what the collector community is looking for. Further, I have yet to find a Museum even willing to pay a *scrap* price for such a unit (let's not even talk about shipping costs). BTW: This company has put a request to their board for $1.7 Million to remove all the rest of the minis by spring and replace them with an NT system. I will no doubt be getting a call to pick up more Vaxes (already saw 2 11/750s - Uggggggh), a Mentor mini (business basic running inventory), and a pile of other minis I have not seen yet. I do know I will be getting a pile of ASR-33s... no idea why they held onto them. If you have items you are seriously looking for please-mail me. I won't be dragging everything to the shop. john