Seems I just took the plunge. I found a stash of hardware here and saved it from the great bit bucket in the sky. Inventory: * HP-2116A - broken chassis, missing glass panel * HP-2100A - missing cover * HP 21MX 2112A * HP 21MX 2108A * HP 12979A I/O extender * HP 2761A optical mark reader (melted rubber wheel) * HP 2748B tape reader * hp unknown mag tape drive * 7901A disc drive that's been dropped * 2 * HP-7900A disc drives * 2 * 13215A disc power supply * Commercial Controls Corporation tape punch * unknown data logger and other misc cruft. I've not tried turning any of it on yet. Many thanx to Jay West who identified much of this stuff over the net and walked me trough tieing the heads on the drives for the move. The HP-2116A was literally on the curb on it's way to the scrap heap. Parts had been scavenged, etc. I think I got all the pieces that there were to get. No power cord, etc. what kind of power does a 2116 need? If you've read this far and can stop drooling on your keyboard, I put pictures up. Some of the pictures are other stuff that was there, that the would not let me grab. http://rikers.org/gallery/hardware Does anyone know what the "Sandia Laboratories" desk + racks is for? There is only one thing left in the rack and it's in real bad shape. http://rikers.org/gallery/hardware/20050415_092748 http://rikers.org/gallery/hardware/20050415_092802 http://rikers.org/gallery/hardware/20050415_104726 -- Tim Riker - http://rikers.org/ - TimR at Debian.org Embedded Linux Technologist BZFlag maintainer - http://BZFlag.org/ - for fun!