On Apr 14, 2013, at 9:27 PM, "Cory Smelosky" <b4 at gewt.net> wrote:
On 14 Apr 2013, at 23:50, "Guy Sotomayor" <ggs at shiresoft.com> wrote:
On Apr 14, 2013, at 12:38 PM, William Barnett-Lewis <wlewisiii at gmail.com>
wrote:
Ultimately I'd like to have a small collection of real classic
hardware - a Symbolics XL1200, a Vax (or Vaxstation) 4000 & a PDP-11.
I'll work on that last one for now and deal with emulation for the
rest :)
If you want a Symbolics, I suggest you get in touch with David Schmidt at
sales at
symbolics-dks.com. He'll happily sell you just about any Symbolics
you want and it'll work too!
Yes, but for how much? ;)
Here's part of the email from David that contains the pricing:
We do not have any NXP1000 or XL1200 (speed factor 6) for sale at this time because the
components are needed for spares to service our maintenance contracts.
We offer a MacIvory model 3 workstation (speed factor 6). This is a Quadra 650 with 60 MB
of RAM, a 9 GB SCSI disk, CD drive, built-in ethernet and video, Apple extended keyboard
with Symbolics keyboard template and a one-button mouse. It includes a MacIvory model 3
co-processor board and 8 MWords of memory on the MacIvory. The disk has Mac O/S 8, all
Symbolics software and most sources pre-loaded on it. The cost for this unit is $3,600.
An adapter to allow the Quadra to connect to standard VGA monitors is included. You will
have to provide a monitor with at least 1024 x 768 resolution.
As a lower cost option you can get the same workstation configuration with a MacIvory
model 2 co-processor (speed factor 2) and 8 MB (1.3 MWord) of NuBus memory for the
MacIvory for $1,800.
We do not have any NuBus memory cards or ADB adapter boxes available for sale.
If you really want a collector's item, we have a number of different 36xx machines
(speed factor 1) ranging in weight up to 400 pounds that we will sell starting at $975.
The smallest of these machines is the 3620, which is a deskside machine (9 x 18 x 25) that
runs off standard 120V power and weighs about 70 pounds, not including the monitor. The
standard configuration is 4 MWords with 760 MB of ESDI disk and a 17" monochrome
console with keyboard and 3-button mouse. You can add another 760 MB disk for an
additional $150. You can upgrade to the 19" premium monochrome monitor for an
additional $300. The major problem with all of these machines is disks. They do not have
a SCSI bus and use very old ESDI, SMD or ST506 disks. The most disk space you can get on
one of them is 1.5 GB, which barely makes for a useable environment once you load all the
software and documentation files. Shipping can be expensive. I do not recommend shipping
this overseas. Besides costing well over a thousand dollars to pack and ship, these are
old machines that do not travel well. Even in the US, I prefer to have them picked up or
delivered by me. I could not guarantee that they would be working on arrival.
We provide a 90 day Return-To-Factory warranty on all equipment we sell. You are
responsible for all shipping costs and there is a $50 crating fee for the XL1200 and 36xx
machines, unless you pick up the machine from our location in Burke, VA. Payment is
required in advance. We can accept credit card payments through the Payment Pal system
with a 3% surcharge (4% for international).
We're still trying to get the 8620 I bought from him going (seems the console
is infested with a PS eating gremlin).
TTFN - Guy