8 Dec
2005
8 Dec
'05
6:44 p.m.
I actually got about 3 pallets of Macs fo $20 from my current employer,
ranging from IIsi to about 8600s. Most working, some not. I also got an
IBM RS6000 (I forgot the model, it's a PReP machine) for 5 bucks because
that's what I offered....*sigh* the junk I buy on impulse...why did I ever
do that? Oh well.
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org]
On Behalf Of Robert Armstrong
Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2005 8:34 PM
To: 'General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts'
Subject: RE: sad to report...
There is a 'corporate culture' at some
places
where you're seen as a lunatic for even suggesting you might
have an interest in 'that old stuff.'
Not all employers are bad this way. I got my very first personal VAX, a
VS2000, around the late 80s' by buying it from my employer. At the time
DEC
was offering a $1,500 trade in for a VS2000 if you upgraded to a 3100, and
my employer had a bunch to trade.
I said, "What if I pay you $1,500 and you sell one to me instead of
DEC?"
To my surprise, they went for it. I wrote 'em a check and took home a
VAX.
They even officially transferred the software licenses to me (at the time
DEC would still do that) - I've still got the genuine paper PAKs with my
name on them.
At that time PCs cost more than $1500, and I thought I got a really good
deal :-)
Bob