11 Mar
2014
11 Mar
'14
4:40 p.m.
David,
So where does one look for a VAX4000/600+ that is not on eBay (but,
hopefully, in the UK)?
Regards
Rob
On 11 March 2014 23:34, Robert Jarratt <robert.jarratt at ntlworld.com> wrote:
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From: David Riley <fraveydank at gmail.com>
Sent: 11/03/2014 19:47
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts<cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Subject: Re: You have got to be kidding me
On Mar 11, 2014, at 3:04 PM, Benjamin Huntsman <
BHuntsman at mail2.cu-portland.edu> wrote:
A VAXstation just sold on eBay for $2,021.51.
I may be off my rocker, but that seems a bit high... :)
http://www.ebay.com/itm/DEC-Vaxstation-4000-90-VS49K-AB-CPU-KA49-May-Work-P…
This has been bandied about on this list before. The 4000/90 is an item
on some important US DoD contract, so that specific model goes for a
premium because resellers know they pretty much have a guaranteed sale
for it. It's a shame for the rest of us, since the 4000/90 is a pretty
nice machine, but you can get a machine with equivalent performance in
the VAX4000/600+ range (those are the deskside towers, not to be confused
with VS4000). If you know where to look (not eBay), you can often get
those a LOT cheaper.
VS4000/96 machines go for about twice what the 4000/90 machines do on
eBay.
- Dave