I was contacted a month or so ago by a gentleman with a wang 2200vp
system that he would like to find a home for. I don't need another one,
and I offered to "advertise" it here, but then it slipped my mind (it
can be quite slippery sometimes).
Many years ago in my business I had 2200VP set up
complete with a Model 2260 disk drive. I think I had
a Wang PC or two also. Since then, the components &
the manuals (also floppies & disk cartridges) have been
in storage in my attic (well, not the disk drive - whew!
-- it is in a corner of my enclosed garage).
Do you know anyone that might want any of this? I see
nothing on ebay. I'm about ready to haul it all to the
dump. Sigh.
In a later exchange he said:
I'm at Vicksburg, MS, right close to the Mississippi river.
Yes, please spread the word that I want to move this
Wang system out of my attic (and make room for other
junk! ), The $12,000 5 meg (each platter?) disk drive
I really think will have to go to the dump. I did not
see any mention of it on the web and I doubt that anyone
could use it. Have you ever seen the platters offered on
ebay? I was thinking of trying that.
I'm sure he doesn't want his email address in the archives, so please
email me and I'll forward on his email address to you.
You can learn more about the wang 2200 from my web site:
http://www.wang2200.org