Bay Area: IBM 4341 and HP3000

So what was the guy like? Did he completely deflect any opinions on the condition? Did he acknowledge the mess? -- Will On Sat, Jan 10, 2015 at 8:27 PM, Guy Sotomayor <ggs at shiresoft.com> wrote: > I had planned to. Unfortunately the condition of everything was even worse > than what Lyle had described. > > In addition to the water damage (chassis rusted on the CPU and at least one > control unit), it was hard to see what all was there because of all of the > junk (tables, A/C condensers, random other *heavy* junk) all piled *on top* > of the CPU, terminals (a heavy table was being supported by a number of HP > terminals...when I tried to move the table to get a better view of stuff you > could hear things "crunch"). I did get enough stuff out of the way to at > least glance at the 4341. It was really sad. 3 major cables had been cut. > It looked like a side panel had been removed and what ever was plugged into > it was not visible (may have been there but with out a major mining > operation it was hard to tell). After about 20 minutes I thanked him and > left. > > He had said that everything was operational before being put into storage. > It looks like they just grabbed, cut and generally abused everything even > before it went into storage before receiving the additional indignity of > significant water damage. > > It's basically just scrap at this point. Very sad. > > TTFN - Guy > > > On 1/9/15 8:19 PM, William Donzelli wrote: >> Take pictures! >> >> -- >> Will >> >> On Fri, Jan 9, 2015 at 11:15 PM, Guy Sotomayor <ggs at shiresoft.com> wrote: >>> I'm the one who's coming out tomorrow. ;-) So it won't be going for >>> scrap. >>> >>> TTFN - Guy >>> >>> >>> On 1/9/15 5:25 PM, jwsmobile wrote: >>>> >>>> On 1/9/2015 10:43 AM, Bob Rosenbloom wrote: >>>>> I believe these are the same ones advertised a year or so ago. >>>>> Lyle and I went to see them and found a storage building piled >>>>> to the ceiling with stuff. It was impossible to see what was actually >>>>> there, though what could be seen had heavy water damage and >>>>> looked to be in bad shape. At the time he was asking $5000 for >>>>> it all so we just walked away. Might be a lot cheaper now. >>>>> >>>>> Bob >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Friday, January 9, 2015 10:27 AM, Jason T <silent700 at gmail.com> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Not mine, not near me, not known to me: >>>>>> >>>>>> http://sfbay.craigslist.org/pen/sys/4837367667.html >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>> I talked to the owner for quite a while tonight and got some >>>> information. >>>> He is very interested in moving it and is sending photos. He said >>>> someone >>>> is coming to take a look at it tomorrow in Freemont. I will post the >>>> photos he sends me tonight. >>>> >>>> I hope someone buys it for other than gold. I am not set up to address >>>> this sort of a deal myself, and am passing the info along to who may be >>>> able >>>> to. >>>> >>>> I told him about cctalk and ibm vintage lists, so if you are on that, >>>> that >>>> is the secret handshake as far as what I told him, vs. a scrap dealer. >>>> >>>> Thanks >>>> Jim >>>