That's already been "suggested" by several people :-)
OTOH separating it and spreading the parts out might allow SEVERAL Novas
to be made operational again instead of just adding one more (non-working?)
to the number of Novas out there. AND before anybody spouts off that the
owners of the broken Novas should fix their problems at the component level
and not use parts from another one, I'll point out that several of them
have INCOMPLETE Novas and need the boards, PSU, cables etc to even attempt
to fix their machines.
IF< I can get the machine I'd prefer to get the
complete machine and
send it to someone that needs it and let them fix it or part it
out as they
see fit and then pass any extra parts on to another restorer and they can
pass the remains to another, etc etc. I don't know dick about Novas and
I'd let someone that's more knowledgeable about them than I am make that
decision.
OR If anyone SERIOUSLY wants it, I'll give you the address and phone
number of the guy that's got it and you can try to talk him out of it. But
see my >>original<< "End of Surplus" posting first. I was only
trying to
help out a couple of list members and I don't want the thing and it
wouldn't hurt my feelings one bit if someone else grabbed it. FWIW It's
located in Sanford Florida and I SERIOUSLY doubt that the owner is willing
to pack and ship it so you probably need to pick it up in person. You'd
almost certainly have to deal with the owner in person anyway to have any
chance of success.
Joe
At 07:54 PM 4/26/05 -0400, you wrote:
If and when you are able to buy anything from the scrap
dealer, it would be
"proper" to take the whole Nova chassis with boards, not just the boards. :)
Thanks,
George Wiegand
Vintage Data General Computer Hobbyist