9 Feb
2000
9 Feb
'00
6 a.m.
BTW, if you live in the Woodbridge area, and would be willing to help in
the rescue by picking up, packing up, and shipping things to people who
are interested but not proximal enough, drop me a line. It seems safe to
assume that interested parties will be willing to pay shipping costs, at
least. (I'm a few hundred miles away, so I can't reasonably do it.)
Thanks,
Bill.
Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2000 15:49:42 -0500 (EST)
From: Bill Yakowenko <yakowenk(a)cs.unc.edu>
Subject: free machines in Woodbridge VA
Hey all,
Once upon a time, I wrote asking for volunteers to rescue some machines
in Woodbridge VA. There was a PDP-11/34 that got rescued, but there
is still a big pile up there that is headed for the scrap heap unless
somebody picks it up. Of course, the remainder is mostly PC
crap^H^H^H^Hstuff, but some of it is old enough to be of possible
interest.
Let me know if you're interested. (The guy dumping this stuff really
would like it to find good homes, but he still doesn't want to be
overrun by dozens of requests, so I'm still trying to coordinate things.)
Without further ado, here's the list brought back by our recon guy,
Al Corda <applause>. Some of it may be gone by now, but most is
probably still there:
] As of today (1/10/00) items of interest I have identified
] include the following:
]
] 3 or 4 Gen-u-ine DEC VT100s (some with keyboards! :-)
]
] A number of IBM XTs (Yeh, I know, but I included them for
] completeness :-)
] A number of IBM ATs (Just plain ATs, no AT370s or AT3270s (so far))
]
] 2 Compaq Plus Luggables
]
] A bunch of LaserWriter II printers in various states of repair
] A bunch of Spinwriter printers of various makes.
]
] 2 Photocopiers (1 Canon Npf-270, one Xerox (not certain of model))
]
] A bunch of PC monitors, mostly monochrome or CGA (no VGA as far as I
] could tell)
]
] A couple of cases of various PC software from the early 90's
] (stuff like RBASE, etc.)
]
] 3 or 4 large _HEAVY_ units that on brief inspection strike me as
] UPS (or line conditioner) units. No manufacturers markings were
] obvious (but I wasn't going to try to turn one over. My back is
] worth more to me than any UPS.)
]
] Piles of office telephones, Old modems, Various unidentifiable
] electronic assemblies of dubious origin, Boxes and boxes of cables,
] wire, etc.
Cheers,
Bill.
PS. I've been _way_ behind on answering e-mail lately, so remind me
in your reply that this is time-sensitive, and that machines will
get crushed if I nap. :-/