30 Sep
2001
30 Sep
'01
8:49 a.m.
I may have gotten more than one of this message ... but since I'm looking for
the stuff (on eBay, etc.) in question actively at the moment, perhaps you can
get back to me with respect to what you'd be asking and how soon you could mail
these out. I normally am a seller, and not a buyer, since I've got WAY more
stuff than I want to keep, not because I am a collector, but because I have all
this "stuff" remaining from when I was an active microprocessor applicaitons
designer back in the '70's and '80's and had to use whatever tools were
available. I still have much of what I have because I can't bear to toss it, as
I remember what I paid for the stuff ... <sigh>
regards,
Dick
----- Original Message -----
From: "Anthony Clifton - Retrocomputing.com" <vaxcat(a)retrocomputing.com>
To: "Richard Erlacher" <edick(a)idcomm.com>
Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2001 11:53 AM
Subject: Re: Possibility of Classic Computing Garage Sale/Auction
I hope this information helps.
<snip>
I do have a few S100 cards. <snip> I also have <snip> one or two Diskjockey
IId's if I recall, with documentation but no software.
<snip>
The Xebec does include the interface and driver diskettes but no
documentation. However, I was able to easily figure it out. Mostly
if you just plug it into slot#5 and do a pr#5 after booting, it'll boot.
I'm currently looking for items such as this. If we can come to some sort of
agreement based on you shipping them to me, at my expense, of course, then I'm
interested in pursuing that.
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Anthony Clifton - Retrocomputing.com"
<vaxcat(a)retrocomputing.com>
>To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
>Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2001 10:47 AM
>Subject: Possibility of Classic Computing Garage Sale/Auction
>
>
>>
>> So, here's the deal. From time to time, I get the itch to collect classic
>> computing
>> stuff. I collect a bunch of stuff, pile it up in my house and then the
>> itch is scratched
>> and I forget about it for a while.
>>
>> What compels me to do this I don't pretend to understand. But the simple
>> fact is that
>> most of you are doing such a good job collecting, restoring and preserving
>> this stuff
>> that there's just no need for me to do it. In other words, because I'm
>> pursuing my
>> own interests which take alot of space, the time has come to choose either
>> to be a
>> classic computer collector or not to be. (IE it's time to sh*t or get off
>> the pot.)
>>
>> Therefore, I'm considering sending ALL my classic computing stuff to live
>> with the
>> rest of you where it will be preserved and loved. This will free up ALOT
>> of space
>> in my house to pursue interests such as art and photography.
>>
>> And I'll get to see alot of smiling faces taking home treasures.
>>
>> Mind you, I'd like to get some money back out of this stuff but not
>> necessarily as
>> much as I'd get on Ebay.
>>
>> So I'm considering holding a garage sale/auction at my home the last
weekend
>of
>> October in Des Moines, Iowa. More valuable items would be auctioned
>>over the
>> course of an hour or so while less valuable (more common) items would
simply
>> be priced, haggled and sold.
>>
>> Stuff that would be sold or auctioned includes: Apple II stuff, Kaypro II,
>> Epson QX10, Green
>> screen monitors, Microvax II, Vaxstation 3100, Sun 3/60, 3/110s, Sun mono
>> monitors, mice, keyboards, books. I have a Cisco IGS router (now 10 years
>> old),
>> a livingston 10 port terminal server, a TIE S100 chassis, a Vector S100
>> business
>> computer with 8" hard disk in separate enclosure, around a dozen s100
cards,
macintosh plus and other macintosh equipment, an
8" drive in it's own
enclosure,
a Shugart SA800 bare drive, software, books and all kinds of miscellaneous
bits of
hardware and software. I also have a 9 track streaming tape drive that
goes with
the Microvax II.
I also have an old tektronix scope with aluminum rolling cart, a 19" dual
width
> bud rack (4' tall appox), a crusty Northstar chassis and some other
> miscellaneous
> ham radio and electronics equipment.
>
> Also, of note, I have a 19" color terminal (the Intelligent Systems Corp
> unit I mentioned
> a few months ago), a vt102 and 2 or 3 vt220s with keyboards. I also have a
> Xebec 10 meg
> hard disk for Apple II machines and other weird and bizarre stuff.
>
> As I say, although I want to get a few bucks out of the stuff, I also want
> everything
> to go. So I'm willing to haggle. This would send it all away in one big
> shot for me,
> which would be absolutely wonderful. It'd also make me feel alot better
> than putting
> stuff in a dumpster or sending it to Goodwill.
>
> So, essentially, what I'm looking for is this: If I were to hold this the
> last Saturday
> of October, how many people would be able to come or send another collector
> on their
> behalf? It would be in Des Moines, Iowa.
>
> Please send me an email if you would be able to attend and, if enough
> people express
> interest, I'll make specific plans and post them this week.
>
> Thanks and I hope everyone will see this as a positive thing and not be too
> hard on me
> for wanting to pursue my other interests.
>
> Anthony Clifton
> Des Moines, Iowa
>
>
>