Quick question: what's a DEC DS200? (I'm assuming it means DECstation 200, but I'm also guessing it's x86-based and has no relation to the larger MIPS-based systems). Another question: what would be a reasonable offer for a stripped DECsystem 5500? The guy seems to want a (IMHO) ridiculous price for it (somewhere around US$900 as far as I can tell). He seems to think he can sell it to someone that will use it to it's full potential, pitting it against modern high-end machines. My offer, needless to say, was no where near what he wanted! From what I can tell the DS5500 would be not much more than a rare novelty (it IS a Qbus-based MIPS, after all), let alone a competitor to modern servers. (I don't think it was even that much faster than it's TC relatives.) Also, is there a FAQ or something somewhere explaining common hardware? I'd like explanation on the DECmate as well, but that seems like it would be a FAQ by now. af ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Adam Fritzler | afritz(a)delphid.ml.org | Animals who are not penguins can afritz(a)iname.com | can only wish they were. http://delphid.ml.org/~afritz/ | -- Chicago Reader http://www.pst.com/ | 15 Oct 1982 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------