10 Sep
2002
10 Sep
'02
11:09 a.m.
A friend asked me to post this listing of a DG2/10. I told him he is asking 5
times what it is worth but he has delusions of value. If anyone is interested
they should would make him an offer after the auction closes.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2052986986&rd=1
I told him the price he is asking is for a fully function and running DG not
an incomplete and untested system. I think he realizes it wont sell.
I mention him in particular because he is sitting on one of the biggest
stashes of Data General in the Northwest. He is an old mainframe person
turned into a scrapper who like to accumulate. Findlay used to provide data
processing services and still has a running IBM 4381 in a real computer room.
However I don't think he does much data processing business anymore and makes
his living off of scrapping.
He turned out to be the DG scrap specialist in PDX in the late 1990s when a
lot of systems were coming out of service from the Government. Last I was
there the place was filled with old DG racks. He was/is selling parts into
the DG secondary market. Everything from Novas to MVS?10,000s. Not much
newer.
If you are looking for odd old Data General parts it may be worth contacting
him.
He travels a good part of the year.
Paxton
Astoria, OR
10 Sep
10 Sep
12:23 p.m.
On Tue, 10 Sep 2002 Innfogra(a)aol.com wrote:
A friend asked me to post this listing of a DG2/10. I
told him he is asking 5
times what it is worth but he has delusions of value. If anyone is interested
they should would make him an offer after the auction closes.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2052986986&rd=1
I told him the price he is asking is for a fully function and running DG not
an incomplete and untested system. I think he realizes it wont sell.
Hi opening bid is a tad high but I don't think it's way off the mark, as
long as the chassis is stuffed with enough cards to make it work.
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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12:43 p.m.
On Tue, 10 Sep 2002, Sellam Ismail wrote:
On Tue, 10 Sep 2002 Innfogra(a)aol.com wrote:
The lack of memory kind of takes the fun out of it...
A friend asked me to post this listing of a
DG2/10. I told him he is asking 5
times what it is worth but he has delusions of value. If anyone is interested
they should would make him an offer after the auction closes.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2052986986&rd=1
I told him the price he is asking is for a fully function and running DG not
an incomplete and untested system. I think he realizes it wont sell.
Hi opening bid is a tad high but I don't think it's way off the mark, as
long as the chassis is stuffed with enough cards to make it work.
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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Peter Wallace
1 p.m.
Hi opening bid
is a tad high but I don't think it's way off the mark, as
long as the chassis is stuffed with enough cards to make it work.
The lack of memory kind of takes the fun out of it... 
1:14 p.m.
At 02:43 PM 9/10/02 -0700, you wrote:
On Tue, 10 Sep 2002, Sellam Ismail wrote:
> On Tue, 10 Sep 2002 Innfogra(a)aol.com wrote:
>
> > A friend asked me to post this listing of a DG2/10. I told him he is asking 5
> > times what it is worth but he has delusions of value. If anyone is interested
> > they should would make him an offer after the auction closes.
> >
> > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2052986986&rd=1
> >
> > I told him the price he is asking is for a fully function and running DG not
> > an incomplete and untested system. I think he realizes it wont sell.
>
> Hi opening bid is a tad high but I don't think it's way off the mark, as
> long as the chassis is stuffed with enough cards to make it work.
The lack of memory kind of takes the fun out of it...
This sounds like it might be a good time for me to put those DG Nova 4 memory cards that
I have on E-bay :-)
Joe
2:53 p.m.
At 06:17 PM 9/10/2002 +0000, you wrote:
At 02:43 PM 9/10/02 -0700, you wrote:
Just make sure you get top dollar for them. Or better yet, end the auction
early and sell the boards to me offline after a bunch of people have
already bid on them. :-)
-- Tony
On Tue, 10 Sep 2002, Sellam Ismail wrote:
> On Tue, 10 Sep 2002 Innfogra(a)aol.com wrote:
>
> > A friend asked me to post this listing of a DG2/10. I told him he is
asking 5
> > times what it is worth but he has
delusions of value. If anyone is
interested
> > they should would make him an offer
after the auction closes.
> >
> > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2052986986&rd=1
> >
> > I told him the price he is asking is for a fully function and
running DG
not
> > an incomplete and untested system. I
think he realizes it wont sell.
>
> Hi opening bid is a tad high but I don't think it's way off the mark, as
> long as the chassis is stuffed with enough cards to make it work.
The lack of memory kind of takes the fun out of it...
This sounds like it might be a good time for me to put those DG Nova 4
memory cards that I have on E-bay :-) Joe
5:14 p.m.
At 07:53 PM 9/10/02 -0400, you wrote:
At 06:17 PM 9/10/2002 +0000, you wrote:
You're catching on Tony. :-)
Joe
At 02:43 PM 9/10/02 -0700, you wrote:
Just make sure you get top dollar for them. Or better yet, end the auction
early and sell the boards to me offline after a bunch of people have
already bid on them. :-) On Tue, 10 Sep 2002, Sellam Ismail wrote:
> On Tue, 10 Sep 2002 Innfogra(a)aol.com wrote:
>
> > A friend asked me to post this listing of a DG2/10. I told him he is
asking 5
> > times what it is worth but he has
delusions of value. If anyone is
interested
> > they should would make him an offer
after the auction closes.
> >
> > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2052986986&rd=1
> >
> > I told him the price he is asking is for a fully function and
running DG
not
> > an incomplete and untested system. I
think he realizes it wont sell.
>
> Hi opening bid is a tad high but I don't think it's way off the mark, as
> long as the chassis is stuffed with enough cards to make it work.
The lack of memory kind of takes the fun out of it...
This sounds like it might be a good time for me to put those DG Nova 4
memory cards that I have on E-bay :-)
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