30 Aug
2008
30 Aug
'08
8:38 p.m.
Got this in the mail but the tape systems aren?t of interest to me:
---
Found your name on a website related to antique computers and
components.??There are some vintage items at our company that we will be
discarding when we move to a new location so I am contacting you to see if
you have any interest.? We have reels of tapes and tape drives that can read
tapes written on VAX and CDC systems.? We also have cabinets for hanging
reels of tapes.? There is other stuff around too like old PC systems and
software that we are just beginning to go through.? So let me know what you
are interested in.? Also if you are not interested in the tapes or tape
drives do you know anyone who is?? I'd rather give them to someone who wants
them then to send them to the recycler.
---
If you are interested please drop me a line and I?ll forward the contact
info.
-----
Erik Klein
www.vintage-computer.com
www.vintage-computer.com/vcforum - The Vintage Computer Forums
marketplace.vintage-computer.com - The Vintage Computer and Gaming
Marketplace
2 Sep
2 Sep
1:18 p.m.
In article <B47159CF366745E5B12B78B99891FDCF at NFORCE4>,
"Erik S. Klein" <ekklein at pacbell.net> writes:
Got this in the mail but the
tape systems aren't of interest to me:
--- Found your name on a website related to antique computers and
components. are some vintage items at our company that we will be
discarding when we move to a new location so I am contacting you to see
if you have any interest. We have reels of tapes and tape drives that
can read tapes written on VAX and CDC systems. We also have cabinets
for hanging reels of tapes. There is other stuff around too like old PC
systems and software that we are just beginning to go through. So let
me know what you are interested in. Also if you are not interested in
the tapes or tape drives do you know anyone who is? I'd rather give
them to someone who wants them then to send them to the recycler. ---
If you are interested please drop me a line and I'll forward the
contact info.
Where is the stuff located? Please remember that there are people
subscribed to this list all across the globe and announcements of such
large, heavy items are generally of no use to us unless we know how
much travelling/shipping is going to be required.
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2:49 p.m.
Hi, Erik,
We would be interested in this. We can certainly use the tape racks and drives;
other people's tapes are problematic, but a bulk eraser fixes that.
Thanks for posting this notice.
Rich Alderson
Server Engineer, PDPplanet Project
Vulcan, Inc.
505 5th Avenue S, Suite 900
Seattle, WA 98104
mailto:RichA at vulcan.com
(206) 342-2239
(206) 465-2916 cell
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf
Of Erik S. Klein
Sent: Saturday, August 30, 2008 5:38 PM
To: 'General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts'
Subject: CDC/VAX tapes and drives
Got this in the mail but the tape systems aren't of interest to me:
---
Found your name on a website related to antique computers and
components.??There are some vintage items at our company that we will be
discarding when we move to a new location so I am contacting you to see if
you have any interest.? We have reels of tapes and tape drives that can read
tapes written on VAX and CDC systems.? We also have cabinets for hanging
reels of tapes.? There is other stuff around too like old PC systems and
software that we are just beginning to go through.? So let me know what you
are interested in.? Also if you are not interested in the tapes or tape
drives do you know anyone who is?? I'd rather give them to someone who wants
them then to send them to the recycler.
---
If you are interested please drop me a line and I'll forward the contact
info.
-----
Erik Klein
www.vintage-computer.com
www.vintage-computer.com/vcforum - The Vintage Computer Forums
marketplace.vintage-computer.com - The Vintage Computer and Gaming
Marketplace
2:58 p.m.
>>>> "Rich" == Rich Alderson
<RichA at vulcan.com> writes:
Rich> Hi, Erik, We would be interested in this. We can certainly use
Rich> the tape racks and drives; other people's tapes are
Rich> problematic, but a bulk eraser fixes that.
Eek.
If those tapes contain things that are worth preserving, that would be
a bad idea. I can't tell from the original note whether "CDC/VAX"
describes the drives, or the tapes, or both. If it describes the
tapes, it may well be that they contain stuff that should be preserved
and hasn't yet been. There's an active CDC community out there that
I'm sure would want to take a look at any tapes before they are sent
to the eraser.
paul
3:13 p.m.
Sorry, everyone. That was *supposed* to be a private reply to Erik.
Let me clarify that "other people's tapes" means *data* tapes, not
manufacturer-supplied distribution media. The original post did not
make clear exactly what was on offer.
Rich Alderson
Server Engineer, PDPplanet Project
Vulcan, Inc.
505 5th Avenue S, Suite 900
Seattle, WA 98104
mailto:RichA at vulcan.com
(206) 342-2239
(206) 465-2916 cell
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org
[mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Paul Koning
Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2008 11:59 AM
To: cctalk at classiccmp.org
Subject: RE: CDC/VAX tapes and drives
>>>> "Rich" == Rich Alderson
<RichA at vulcan.com> writes:
Rich> Hi, Erik, We would be interested in this. We can certainly use
Rich> the tape racks and drives; other people's tapes are
Rich> problematic, but a bulk eraser fixes that.
Eek.
If those tapes contain things that are worth preserving, that would be
a bad idea. I can't tell from the original note whether "CDC/VAX"
describes the drives, or the tapes, or both. If it describes the
tapes, it may well be that they contain stuff that should be preserved
and hasn't yet been. There's an active CDC community out there that
I'm sure would want to take a look at any tapes before they are sent
to the eraser.
paul
3 Sep
3 Sep
11:41 p.m.
I'm going to go out next week to pick up the drives, some racks and such
as I'm only about an hour away. I've spoken with the contact there
and she indicated that there are no OS, System or application tapes,
just their own proprietary data files which they've long since
transferred over to PC's as she explained.
Curt
Paul Koning wrote:
>>>> "Rich" == Rich Alderson <RichA at vulcan.com> writes:
>>>>
Rich> Hi, Erik, We would be interested in this. We can certainly use
Rich> the tape racks and drives; other people's tapes are
Rich> problematic, but a bulk eraser fixes that.
Eek.
If those tapes contain things that are worth preserving, that would be
a bad idea. I can't tell from the original note whether "CDC/VAX"
describes the drives, or the tapes, or both. If it describes the
tapes, it may well be that they contain stuff that should be preserved
and hasn't yet been. There's an active CDC community out there that
I'm sure would want to take a look at any tapes before they are sent
to the eraser.
paul
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