22 Jan
2014
22 Jan
'14
4:41 a.m.
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On 22 Jan 2014, at 01:21, Benjamin Huntsman
<BHuntsman at mail2.cu-portland.edu> wrote:
No sellers in the USA willing to ship?
I guess I could go for the eBay route and try to haggle, but I figured most of the
collectors on this list would be more likely to have all the plastics... :)
I'm in the same boat...except my BA23 accidentally ended up in the trash. I did same
all the parts to still run it, though...
Thanks!
-Ben
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Toby Thain [toby at telegraphics.com.au]
Sent: Monday, January 20, 2014 5:43 AM
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Subject: Re: MicroVAX II in BA23
On 20/01/14 7:11 AM, A. P. Garcia wrote:
I believe so. They were a rack machine masquerading as a workstation
dressed for the office.
--Toby
On Jan 19, 2014 7:40 PM, "Toby Thain"
<toby at telegraphics.com.au> wrote:
> On 19/01/14 8:01 PM, Mark J. Blair wrote:
>
>
>> On Jan 19, 2014, at 16:33 , Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Yes, with a bunch of other cards. However, the plastics are all
>> stripped off the chassis and gone, and it's in my garage - in
>> London...
>
>
> I've noticed a number of DEC and IBM items on eBay with the plastics
missing. Is there some particular reason that plastics are often stripped
off of these items?
It was a rather awkward design. I own a few with and without plastics and
they are
painful to carry, easy to break; I've even had the chassis half
slide out of one in transit, which was embarrassing and scary. I'm betting
a lot of them were either broken, or owners got too annoyed with the
plastic and chassis coming apart that they decided to dispense with it.
i think they could be rack mounted that way? but you're right, the edges
are sharp, and even when you're working inside them, they're a little
cramped and it's not too hard to cut yourself. i much prefer the ba123, aka
the "space heater" which gives you more room to work, and imo looks a lot
nicer.