Dear Friends, I am a new member to the CCList but have long been a user and collector of classic computers. At present, I am trying to find a home for a Digital Equipment Corporation VAX 8700, sporting one high-density (6250 BPI) tape drive and three disk drives, along with the the desktop console unit without display. I will be happy off-list to provide details to the board level on the CPU and, of course, the model numbers of the peripherals, to anyone interested in acquiring the system at NO COST save the expense of shipping (or, if you pick the system up yourself, just the cost of renting the van and driving to and from Whitewater, WI, to pick it up). The system was in operation until decommissioned in the early 1990's and is missing only the "under-the-floor" power interconnect module. McIntyre Computer Exchange in Michigan has expressed an interest in acquiring this unit, but I would rather put it in the hands of collectors who would want to keep it out of a landfill. Please write back directly to me off-list if you are interested. Yours, cordially, Paul Rybski -- ________________________________________ Paul M. Rybski, Ph.D. Associate Professor and Chair, Dept. of Physics, and Director, Whitewater Observatory Goodhue 320 University of WI-Whitewater Whitewater, WI 53190-1790 Office FAX: (262) 472-5633 Email address: rybskip at uww.edu "The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be ignited." Plutarch "He bid them look at the sky and lift their faces to the stars." Ovid "To develop the genuine understanding of concepts and theories that underlie [declarative] knowledge, the college student, no less than the elementary school child, must engage in deductive and inductive mental activity coupled with interpretation of personal observation and experience. Unfortunately, such activity is rarely induced in passive listeners; but it can be nurtured, developed, and enhanced in the majority of students, providing it is experientially rooted and not too rapidly paced, and providing the mind of the learner is actively engaged." Arnold Arons (1983)