Hello!

Hi everyone, I just wanted to send a brief little message out to (re?)introduce myself to the group... I was one of the earlier contributors to the original classiccmp list maybe 15 years ago but I drifted away from the list and computer collecting in general ca. 2001-2002 as I got busier with my university studies and I had accomplished most of my collecting goals. One engineering degree, a successful IT career and a starter home later... I've put down some roots, got a house of my own... perfect time to gather up all my big heavy things and bring them home :) I figured it would be fun to chat with some other folks who are still in the hobby. I left my collection in the hands of some folks that I shouldn't have and it suffered some losses over the years... maybe I can do some wheeling and dealing here to recover some of what I'm missing? My main focus in collecting is mostly old minis and "workstation" class hardware. I like to play with SGI, NeXT, DEC Alpha, DEC VAX, DEC PDP, Motorola MVME boards of all types, 68k Macs and to a lesser extent, Sun SPARC equipment. I'm mostly looking to pick up a few Q-bus and Unibus boards... I'm trying to finish up a complete board set for a KA650-based Qbus VAX (anyone got a few 16 MB MS650s or a Q-bus SCSI card at a reasonable price?), and I need a RX01/02 controller for my PDP-11/34a. I'd love another DEC BA23 at some point to mound said complete KA650-based boardset... I used to have three very nice BA23s in my inventory... one perfectly filled out uVAX III... all were lost :( I'm mostly looking to trade or sell some miscellaneous parts for SGI, NeXT, Apple and maybe to a lesser extent, DEC. Excited to be back!