FW: Re: Q-bus cards. - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

29 Aug 1997

	I've been in correspondence with a fellow who's got a lot of older VAXen,
Q-Bus, and disk drive goodies. He may also have some mainframe stuff. I've
already claimed a QBus-to-SA1000 disk interface board set.

	Please contact him directly if you want more details. Thanks!

	Attachment follows.

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From: edick(a)idcomm.com (Richard Erlacher)
To: "Bruce Lane" &lt;kyrrin2(a)wizards.net&gt;
Subject: Re: Q-bus cards.  
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 1997 21:44:45 -0600
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Nope . . . it's just junk in the basement from back when I was contemplating
building up a Q-bus system.  I quickly gave up on that one . . . 

You cover the freight.  Probably $3 per board via USPS priority mail would
cover it.  Q-bus SCSI cards from makers like EMULEX were still very hot when I
...
 got this 2-board set.  I looked at the size of the
project, and looked at the
product I'd have when the work was done, and quit right there.  I had some
memory cards, and even an 11-780 (VAX) rack pair, but without drives or memory
...
 cards.  One trip down the stairs with that convinced me
I didn't want any more
...
 of that stuff.  ]]

I still have a few dumb terminals (not ANSI) and a few old printers.  I even
have a SASI interfaced hard drive, complete with the bridge controller
(SA1000).  Mostly, I have old 70's and 80's S-100 stuff..

If you're interested in the drives which go with the controller, you need to
consider that I'm in Denver and that the drives weigh about 25-30#.

I am, incidentally, not a collector at all, just a guy who bought a lot of
stuff which he doesn't need any more at high prices and hasn't the heart
(sense) to junk it.  I am, an electronics engineer and used to use some of this
...
 stuff for one thing or another.

I can attempt to make a list of what's just lying about.  As I wrote before,
much of it is in the basement because I can't carry it up by myself, else it
would have been gone long ago.

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  From: Bruce Lane &lt;kyrrin2(a)wizards.net&gt;
 To: edick(a)idcomm.com
 Subject: Re: Q-bus cards.  
 Date: Thursday, August 28, 1997 20:56 PM

 At 18:10 28-08-97 -0600, you wrote:

 Thanks for the WD7000 drivers, etc.  I have an
item you might like to  consider,
 >namely a Q-bus to ST1000 (Shugart 8") hard drive adapter.  Actually, it's
two
> >cards.
> 
> 	<snip>
> 
> You're most welcome, and yes, I would most definitely be interested! (for
> the collection value if nothing else). Would you want any actual cash for
> it or would I just need to cover the shipping?
> 
> >  Now that's an oddity if ever there was one, and, in fact, I could even
> >send you a drive or two, (I think) though I'm not certain they haven't
been
...
 > >recycled, since there's a significant
amount of scrap aluminum involved.  I
...
   have LOTS of late '70's through 80's
computer equipment.  Much of it too  heavy
 to toss, else it would already be gone.  Let me
know if there's something
specific you want.  Perhaps I have it!  
 	Well, I have been keeping an eye out for a QBus-to-SCSI board, though that
 may be a little late-model for the collection it sounds like you have.

 	Two questions:

 	1). Where are you located?

 	2). Since it sounds like you're a collector, would you be interested in
 subscribing to a listserver, out of the University of Washington, with a
 bunch of other collectors on there? If not, I can forward a list of
 whatever you'd like to get rid of to the list.

 	Thanks again!

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http://www.wizards.net/technoid
"Our science can only describe an object, event, or living thing in our own
human terms. It cannot, in any way, define any of them..."