I'm in New Jersey currently, but that's likely to
change in a matter of weeks (n.e. Pennsylvania
probably). The Tek stuph is the most interesting to
me.
--- Jules Richardson <julesrichardsonuk at yahoo.co.uk>
wrote:
Chris M wrote:
Sun 3/140 (saw one on ebay months ago, liked it).
Also
early Apollo, Tektronix, perhaps SGI, and other
stuph.
Location is helpful (partiularly country) - old
workstations tend to be
heavy and shipping costs make things prohibitive
(particularly overseas)
A Sun's probably easiest to find intact - still lots
around complete and
working (exception being VME-based SPARC machines it
seems), and the
media's readily available.
Apollos tend to be really thin on the ground
(manuals and Domain OS
media even more so).
Tektronix systems still fetch real money.
SGI system units are easy enough to find but the
older ones use
proprietary keyboards - most of which seem to be
missing (Indy-era
systems and newer work with a PC-compatible keyboard
so no problem with
those). Media can be tricky to get hold of.
cheers
Jules
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