PDP 11/23+ on Craigslist (LA)

I went and looked at this today. The guy thinks someone is coming from "up north" to pay $$ for the thing. I called him, told him I was local, and could move it, but would not be willing to do any money due to the age, weight, etc. I planned to part it out to people interested in the thing wherever, and enough was left ebay the rest. He has a system with no media, 1 RL02 drive on top. He didn't say till I got there that he thought I was going to pay for it. I have seen older minis like this around the area for pickup, told him that before going there, and so needless to say it is still there. It does have a Fujitsu SMD drive, and maybe a SCSI backended F880. I didn't look at the F880 to be sure. The system is in two separate cabinets. I told him that real money such as he has seen on ebay means someone who is listing it, knows what they are selling and will warrant what they sell. The ones that just list $800 cpu boards stay on ebay and don't sell. Anyway hope this helps anyone inbound to see it. I'll answer any questions off list that I can answer. Again, two cabinets, condition looks like it was stored in a garage (not pristine, but not rusted either). He says "well I powered it on 10 years ago and it worked" when I explained the situation about his idea of value, and mine. Jim On 6/8/2010 4:04 PM, Mark Davidson wrote: