Few more thoughts from my end - comments below...
Huge box* full
of SCSI cables of all varieties, from Sun DD50 right up
to VHDCI
To either Austin Pass, Bletchley, or split between
We actually have a need for a pair of VHDCI-to-68pin cables of 16" or greater
length (we've got a 'shallow' server machine that has VHDCI which won't
reach
any of the deeper disk shelves that we have due to our VHDCI cables all being
too short).
Beyond that, SCSI cables tend to get used so it'd be nice to keep them out of
landfill, but it's the sort of thing we can probably source easier than
private collectors as and when needed - so if any individuals have desperate
needs for stuff then yell...
Huge box* full
of serial cables and RS232/MMJ-related adaptors
Bletchley? No-one yet, I don't think
Hmm, we're forever scrabbling around for null modem cables, gender changers,
and 9-25 pin adapters; if you happen to have any that are labelled up as such
and there's room to move them, then throw some in...
Boxes of mice
(Sun SDB, PS2 and serial)
SDB ones to Austin Pass, no-one for the PC ones yet
Some 3-button PS/2 (and to a lesser extent serial) ones would be handy (I'm a
particular fan of older Logitech ones before they went all contoured to suit
right-handers only). No need for 2-button stuff, however!
About 10 PC
keyboards
Bin ;)
Hmm, could use 5 (say) PS/2 ones if you have any that aren't too shabby. We've
got a few machines around (Xterms, Acorns etc.) for which we don't have enough
keyboards. Plus every time I needed a PC set up for anything it took me a good
30 mins to find a darn keyboard for it...
> Other dumb terminals - there are about 20 of
various kinds
Any Cifer? I've got a chap contacted us the other day looking for some
specific Cifer models for a project (he's still digging out precise model
numbers for me)
> ...and IDE harddisks
What sort of size, out of interest? I could use a couple at around the 2GB
mark if there happen to be any. Finding IDE drives < 500MB and > 6GB seems
easy, but I've never had much luck with anything between.
Entire shelf
full of CDROM drives, including 4 Nakamichi 5-disc
changers (two SCSI and two IDE)
Think the changers are spoken for by a friend of mine, no-one for the
others yet
If there are a couple of SCSI ones that are jumperable between 515/2048
bytes/sector then throw them in the pile; we can use them for various things.
All of this space-permitting, of course. Don't worry about it if the transport
issues get difficult!
cheers
Jules
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