2 Jan
1999
2 Jan
'99
6:53 a.m.
If anyone on the list if from around Buffalo, NT and can help to ship a
DEC PDP-11 (in a BA-23 box) with some peripherals to me, I would
appreciate it. I have the lead on a nice setup, but I won't be able to
travel that far anytime soon because my daughter is too little. So if
you know anyone that can spare an hour or two (not free, I will pay
them) to help box it up for shipping, I would greatly appreciate it.
Todd
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2 Jan
2 Jan
8:50 a.m.
So far as I know up to now Todd, I'm the closest to Buffalo on this list.
We're about 85 driving miles or so south.
At 15:53 01/02/99 -0500, you wrote:
If anyone on the list if from around Buffalo, NT and
can help to ship a
DEC PDP-11 (in a BA-23 box) with some peripherals to me, I would
appreciate it. I have the lead on a nice setup, but I won't be able to
travel that far anytime soon because my daughter is too little. So if
you know anyone that can spare an hour or two (not free, I will pay
them) to help box it up for shipping, I would greatly appreciate it.
Todd
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Todd Osborne
Senior Software Engineer
FMStrategies, Inc.
http://www.fmstrategies.com/
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FMStrategies, Inc: tosborne(a)fmstrategies.com
Internet E-Mail: todd.osborne(a)barnstormer-software.com
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Founder of the Virtual Windows Class Library (C++)
http://www.barnstormer-software.com/vwcl/
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9 a.m.
Todd Osborne wrote:
If anyone on the list if from around Buffalo, NY and
can help to ship a
DEC PDP-11 (in a BA-23 box) with some peripherals to me, I would
appreciate it. I have the lead on a nice setup, but I won't be able to
travel that far anytime soon because my daughter is too little. So if
you know anyone that can spare an hour or two (not free, I will pay
them) to help box it up for shipping, I would greatly appreciate it.
Jerome Fine replies:
I am in Toronto. On a good day, I can make it to Buffalo in under
2 hours - door to door.
But I am wondering why you want the heavy part (the BA23) unless
there are a lot of other heavy parts. In most cases, it would cost almost
as much to crate and ship a BA23 as picking one up locally. If the
boards are the important part, just box them and they are not at all
heavy.
Let me know if anyone else can help, otherwise, Buffalo is not
that far!
Sincerely yours,
Jerome Fine
9:36 a.m.
I have not had much luck picking one up locally. In this case, the BA-23
is full of parts, and this is a complete, operating PDP-11. It also has
2 Wyse 85 terminals and a serial printer. I have not decided if it is
worth it to bother with the terminals or printer, but I am thinking they
would be easy to ship.
The person that is unloading the system seems to think the box is too
big or too heavy for UPS. I am not sure how correct this is.
What I would like to to just get someone to help him box it up for
shipping. I would arrange the pickup and shipping to me. I appreciate
the input so far and will announce to the group once we figure out who
will help and how it will be shipped.
Thanks a ton for the responses so far!
Todd
Jerome Fine wrote:
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Internet E-Mail: todd.osborne(a)barnstormer-software.com
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Todd Osborne wrote:
If anyone on the list if from around Buffalo, NY
and can help to ship a
DEC PDP-11 (in a BA-23 box) with some peripherals to me, I would
appreciate it. I have the lead on a nice setup, but I won't be able to
travel that far anytime soon because my daughter is too little. So if
you know anyone that can spare an hour or two (not free, I will pay
them) to help box it up for shipping, I would greatly appreciate it.
Jerome Fine replies:
I am in Toronto. On a good day, I can make it to Buffalo in under
2 hours - door to door.
But I am wondering why you want the heavy part (the BA23) unless
there are a lot of other heavy parts. In most cases, it would cost almost
as much to crate and ship a BA23 as picking one up locally. If the
boards are the important part, just box them and they are not at all
heavy.
Let me know if anyone else can help, otherwise, Buffalo is not
that far!
Sincerely yours,
Jerome Fine 
12:34 p.m.
But I am wondering why you want the heavy part (the
BA23) unless
there are a lot of other heavy parts. In most cases, it would cost almost
as much to crate and ship a BA23 as picking one up locally. If the
boards are the important part, just box them and they are not at all
heavy.
Trust me, it's not always easy to pick up a cabinet locally. I've
considered doing this more than once, but so far haven't gotten that
desparate. Of course that means my MicroVAX II is currently a PDP-11/73.
I've a feeling that BA23's and BA123's are getting rare in certain
area's.
In about two years of looking I've come up with one of each.
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