8 Dec
2015
8 Dec
'15
7:25 a.m.
You should perhaps reread Noel's message - he is asking for someone
that may or may not have any interest in the well being of the
machine, but probably has a very strong interest in keeping their
business afloat. There are at least a few people on this list that are
experienced and qualified to help this guy out with some real,
rubber-hits-the-road advice on how to help.
Also, keep in mind that the membership of this list (especially the
active members) is just a small fraction of the computer collector
community.
--
Will
On Tue, Dec 8, 2015 at 10:15 AM, Johnny Billquist <bqt at update.uu.se> wrote:
Why would anyone here want to contribute to such a
question? The outcome is
unlike to be contributing anything here anyway.
(Or maybe I'm just naive in thinking that people who request assistance to
maximize their profits targeting the same crowd they ask for assistance from
(for free) is abusive.)
Johnny
On 2015-12-08 15:09, Noel Chiappa wrote:
So I know someone who has a working 11/34 (4 RLO2's and the 11/34 in an
H960,
running RSTS/E) they want to sell, and they want to know how to maximize
the
value - i.e. whether to sell it as a complete working system, or to part
it
out - and if the latter, how to break it up?
(No discussion about the morality of parting it out, please; this is owned
by
a business, and they need the money to pay people's salaries.)
So which direction would get the most money? My sense is that parting it
to
the maximal degree possible (e.g. sell each drive separately, sell the
memory
separately from the CPU, sell the feet separately from the H960, etc) is
the way to get the most money, but I'm interested to hear what others
think.
Thanks for any insights!
Noel