17 Mar
2005
17 Mar
'05
7:50 p.m.
Mark,
I think you're in luck - when I checked the critter a month and a half ago it
had a physically "big" Hard Disk installed. Keep us informed as to your
progress!1
Cheers,
Lyle
n Thursday 17 March 2005 16:50, Mark Davidson wrote:
On Feb 5, 2005, at 12:20 PM, Tom Uban wrote:
--
Lyle Bickley
Bickley Consulting West Inc.
http://bickleywest.com
"Black holes are where God is dividing by zero"
Hello,
Lyle sent me the pics and I've put them on my site here:
http://www.ubanproductions.com/MVC-001S.JPG
http://www.ubanproductions.com/MVC-002S.JPG
http://www.ubanproductions.com/MVC-004S.JPG
http://www.ubanproductions.com/MVC-006S.JPG
http://www.ubanproductions.com/MVC-009S.JPG
http://www.ubanproductions.com/MVC-020S.JPG
Hopefully someone will rescue this machine...
Disclaimer: Not mine, no connection, etc.
--tom
At 11:30 PM 2/4/2005 -0800, Lyle Bickley wrote:
> Second try without attached picture. Apparently the 100K JPEG
> picture I
> attached in my original email to the list was "too much" for the list
> server
> to handle.
>
> A very clean dual rack DG Eclipse MV/4000 is available in the SF Bay
> Area.
> [Removed - I've attached a picture] - and have several others with
> more
> detail which I'll be glad to email off-list to anyone interested.
>
> I've inspected the the Eclipse and it looks complete - with all
> cables, keys,
> etc. My guess is that its weight is close to 1000lbs(?).
>
> If you're interested in the critter, let me know and I'll email you
> the
> contact information.
>
> I do not have any relationship to the vendor other than as a
> customer. I just
> don't like to see beasties like this dismantled for parts or sold for
> scrap...
>
> Lyle
> --
> Lyle Bickley
> Bickley Consulting West Inc.
> http://bickleywest.com
> "Black holes are where God is dividing by zero"
Just an FYI and an update...
I'm in the final arrangements to purchase this machine... all that is
left is to arrange the shipping. Fortunately, I'm local to the place
that has it, so I'm paying them to deliver it to my house (it's
reasonable enough that my renting a truck and moving it myself would
cost more).
For now, it's probably going in my garage, where I can inspect, clean
and test the parts. As each piece is tested, I'll move it into my home
office (after I make room) and continue from there. I guess everyone
needs a restoration project to occupy their free time? :)
I don't know the status of the disks, so I'm not even sure if it has an
OS on it... if anyone has any pointers to an Eclipse RDOS or AOS/VS
boot tape, I'd love to be put in touch with them!
Thanks.
Mark Davidson
medavidson at mac.com 
