Spotted this message today - I imagine that they don't appear too often.
:)
We have a huge Convex C3200 computer (it would
have been termed
a supercomputer when it was new). It's basically worthless to us.
Best offer thanks, and you pay for the transport. It weighs lots.
It has 4 IPI disk drives, a DLT tape unit (x4) a versatec VME plotter
plus, the all time favorite, one of those reel to reel tape units.
(Storage tec 90, 2920 model).
What is it? Is it the sort of thing that desperatly needs saving? I
probably can't pick it up myself, as it is in the wrong state and I
suspect a car with a trailer may still have trouble bringing it back, but
I hope there is someone here from Melbourne or Sydney who can handle it.
Let's see - it's not that small (about the size of a VAX-11/780 although a
little taller) but the best feature is the colours - gold tops over black.
I know of at least one other C3200 in Melbourne but it's not a runner. I
suspect that it'll be a three phase system (all that ECL to power).
Worth saving - yes as there aren't that many in the world. If I hadn't
filled up the computer room at work with necessary systems I'd try to find
space for it but my boss is looking at some of the space I currently use to
house a MicroVAX or three for new systems we've purchased....
Huw Davies | e-mail: Huw.Davies(a)latrobe.edu.au
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1999
La Trobe University | "My Alfas keep me poor in a monetary
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