I have 3 DEC TU80 9-track drives that need to get gone. They are
located in Austin TX and have been in storage since 2009.
If you want them and can either pick them up, arrange to have them
picked up, or pay for me to do so, they're yours. I would much prefer
that they go as a set, but this beggar won't be choosy.
Unfortunately, I need to dispose of them before September 24. I can
no longer afford two storage units and that's the release date on the
one that I'm closing. If nobody wants these drives, I'll have to scrap
them.
One was in fairly regular use until 2009, one other passed its
internal diagnostics and tested good for read/write against the other at
that time. The the plexiglas cover of the third one is broken and I
never got around to replacing that so I've never powered it on.
All three are in their original short racks. I have at least one
Unibus controller and cable, maybe a couple of each, and a good handful
of untested tapes with write rings.
Doc
PS - If you want the drives but can't pick them up before the 24th and
are willing to pay a nominal amount on my storage until you can get
here, we can work that out too. That's more a matter of "earnest money"
than anything else.