In search of VAX 8550 or similar...

Hi Ian, I have a fairly large collection of large VAX machines that are available for sale. Here is a rough list: Large Vax Machines 1. VAX 11/785 2. VAX 8550 3. VAX 6000-430 4. VAX Vector 6000-520 5. VAX 6000-630 6. VAX Vector 6000-440 7. VAX 11/750 system comprising 4 cabinets. Includes an RA81, UNIBUS expansion chassis, TU80 and cabling cabinet. 8. Plessey VAX 11/750 system in 4 cabinets approximately 5.5 feet tall. Includes hard drive, 11/751 processor unit and tape drive. 9. 9 x HSC cluster controllers Large Alpha machines 10. 2 x DEC 7000 11. DEC 4000. Has multiple SCSI and DSSI drives in the front, and processor rack in the back. MicroVAX, pedestal VAX, etc 12. VAX 4000-300 13. 3 x MicroVAX II pedestal units 14. 6 x VaxServer 3400/3500 pedestal units 15. SF100 with TF687 loader (tape jukebox unit?). Large pedestal form factor. 16. 2 x DECserver 550 (naked rack-mount units) 17. 1 x unknown box in same form factor as DECserver 550 18. 1 x MicroVAX 3500 19. 1 x Firefox (looks similar to MicroVAX 3500) 20. 1 x R400x 21. 1 x rack SA650 (drives) 22. 1 x rack SA800 (drives) 23. 2 x Microvax 3400 There is also a large amount of smaller systems (11/730s, DECstations, Alphas, etc) and large and small tape drives, SMD drives etc. If you are interested, let me know. The equipment is in Melbourne, Australia. I recently had a quote of around $5,000 to send a 20 foot container from Australia to the U.S. Regards, Malcolm -----Original Message----- From: Ian Finder [mailto:ian.finder at gmail.com] Sent: Sunday, 10 April 2016 4:14 AM To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: In search of VAX 8550 or similar... Would like to purchase and restore a big mid-80s VAX. Stupidly passed one up recently. Let me know if you have one you'd be willing to part with- also open to trades. In the Seattle area, but a little too comfortable with arranging freight shipping... Sent from Outlook for iPhone