15 Sep
2003
15 Sep
'03
6:11 a.m.
Does anyone here have any advice on how to go about disposing of a computer collection?
The time is well past for me to get serious about it. I want to keep a lot of my DEC
gear, but even some of the VMS and PDP-11 related stuff will be going. I don't have
time to do anything with most of the stuff I've got, and it's become an anchor
around my neck.
Ideally I'd like to recover some of the money I've got into the collection, as
I've sunk a LOT of money over the past few years into it.
One obvious solution is selling the stuff on eBay, but that would take a lot more time
than I have. Another would be to call a scrapper that I know, but that doesn't get
recover any of the money that I've got into stuff. Ideally I'd like to find
someone that would be interested in buying the collection off of me.
Zane
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15 Sep
15 Sep
6:22 a.m.
On Mon, 15 Sep 2003, Zane H. Healy wrote:
Does anyone here have any advice on how to go about
disposing of a
computer collection? The time is well past for me to get serious about
it. I want to keep a lot of my DEC gear, but even some of the VMS and
PDP-11 related stuff will be going. I don't have time to do anything
with most of the stuff I've got, and it's become an anchor around my
neck.
Ideally I'd like to recover some of the money I've got into the
collection, as I've sunk a LOT of money over the past few years into it.
What I'd suggest is putting a description of what you have up on the list,
and see if people are interested in it. I'm sure there's a fair number of
people that'd be interested in large chunks of your collect, and might
even be willing to drive to where you are, if they know. I know I'd
probably be game if you were within a 6-8 hour drive.
Pat
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6:54 a.m.
What I'd suggest is putting a description of what
you have up on the list,
and see if people are interested in it. I'm sure there's a fair number of
people that'd be interested in large chunks of your collect, and might
even be willing to drive to where you are, if they know. I know I'd
probably be game if you were within a 6-8 hour drive.
Good point, unfortunately Purdue is a long way from me. I'm located in Oregon.
I'm not really interested in shipping stuff, I don't really have time to deal with
shipping.
The following is a pretty good list of what should be available. Not everything on the
DEC list is available, unless the price is right. I'm not really looking to get rid
of the PDP-8's, PDP-11/44, or MV2 stuff (the MV2 stuff is spares basically chassis
spares for my PDP-11's). If the price was right, there could be even more stuff than
is listed here. The list also doesn't cover all the software and documentation that I
have (I probably have almost as much volume in doc's as I do in hardware).
http://www.aracnet.com/~healyzh/comp.txt
Zane
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| healyzh(a)aracnet.com (primary) | OpenVMS Enthusiast |
| | Classic Computer Collector |
+----------------------------------+----------------------------+
| Empire of the Petal Throne and Traveller Role Playing, |
| PDP-10 Emulation and Zane's Computer Museum. |
| http://www.aracnet.com/~healyzh/ |
22 Sep
22 Sep
4:13 p.m.
Where are you located?
Curt
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From: "Zane H. Healy" <healyzh(a)aracnet.com>
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Sent: Monday, September 15, 2003 2:46 PM
Subject: Re: Disposing of a Collection
Oregon.
I'm not really interested in shipping stuff, I don't really have
time to deal with shipping.
>What I'd suggest is putting a description of
what you have up on the
list,
>and see if people are interested in it. I'm
sure there's a fair number
of
people
that'd be interested in large chunks of your collect, and might
even be willing to drive to where you are, if they know. I know I'd
probably be game if you were within a 6-8 hour drive.
Good point, unfortunately Purdue is a long way from me. I'm located in
The following is a pretty good list of what should be available. Not
everything on
the DEC list is available, unless the price is right. I'm not
really looking to get rid of the PDP-8's, PDP-11/44, or MV2 stuff (the MV2
stuff is spares basically chassis spares for my PDP-11's). If the price was
right, there could be even more stuff than is listed here. The list also
doesn't cover all the software and documentation that I have (I probably
have almost as much volume in doc's as I do in hardware).
http://www.aracnet.com/~healyzh/comp.txt
Zane
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| Zane H. Healy | UNIX Systems Administrator |
| healyzh(a)aracnet.com (primary) | OpenVMS Enthusiast |
| | Classic Computer Collector |
+----------------------------------+----------------------------+
| Empire of the Petal Throne and Traveller Role Playing, |
| PDP-10 Emulation and Zane's Computer Museum. |
| http://www.aracnet.com/~healyzh/ |
15 Sep
15 Sep
6:26 a.m.
Hi Zane,
Sorry to hear that you are selling off your collection.
I am looking for a couple of items, which if you have, I would be happy
to pay you for. I want to find an Emulex SC72 or SC71 board set, which
is an 11/70 specific massbuss to SMD controller. And I am looking for
any documentation on the 11/55 (printset, manuals, etc.) that I can find.
Where are you located, what is in the portion of your collection which
you want to sell off, and how much do you want. Since it sounds like you
are keeping your DEC gear, and because I mostly collect DEC gear, I am
probably not the guy...
--tnx
--tom
At 11:03 AM 9/15/2003 -0700, you wrote:
Does anyone here have any advice on how to go about
disposing of a
computer collection? The time is well past for me to get serious about
it. I want to keep a lot of my DEC gear, but even some of the VMS and
PDP-11 related stuff will be going. I don't have time to do anything with
most of the stuff I've got, and it's become an anchor around my neck.
Ideally I'd like to recover some of the money I've got into the
collection, as I've sunk a LOT of money over the past few years into it.
One obvious solution is selling the stuff on eBay, but that would take a
lot more time than I have. Another would be to call a scrapper that I
know, but that doesn't get recover any of the money that I've got into
stuff. Ideally I'd like to find someone that would be interested in
buying the collection off of me.
Zane
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| Zane H. Healy | UNIX Systems Administrator |
| healyzh(a)aracnet.com (primary) | OpenVMS Enthusiast |
| | Classic Computer Collector |
+----------------------------------+----------------------------+
| Empire of the Petal Throne and Traveller Role Playing, |
| PDP-10 Emulation and Zane's Computer Museum. |
| http://www.aracnet.com/~healyzh/ |
7:45 a.m.
I am looking for a couple of items, which if you have,
I
would be happy to pay you for. I want to find an Emulex SC72
or SC71 board set, which is an 11/70 specific massbuss to SMD
controller. And I am looking for any documentation on the
11/55 (printset, manuals, etc.) that I can find.
Al Kossow's site has a couple of manuals. You can find
stuff like this using Manx:
http://vt100.net/manx/
and putting 11/55 into the search box.
Manx doesn't (yet) cover 3rd party stuff so the
Emulex stuff doesn't show up but there are bits
on the web. In this case Al's site also has
some SC72 stuff:
http://www.spies.com/~aek/pdf/emulex/
Antonio
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Antonio Carlini arcarlini(a)iee.org
8:18 a.m.
Hi Antonio,
Yep. I'm quite familiar with Al's site and great work, but I
missed seeing the 11/55 stuff until I used the manx search.
There does not seem to be a KB11-D printset there. I have
the SC72 manual from Al's site as well, but I want to find
the hardware to go with it:-)
--tom
At 08:37 PM 9/15/2003 +0100, Antonio Carlini wrote:
I am looking
for a couple of items, which if you have, I
would be happy to pay you for. I want to find an Emulex SC72
or SC71 board set, which is an 11/70 specific massbuss to SMD
controller. And I am looking for any documentation on the
11/55 (printset, manuals, etc.) that I can find.
Al Kossow's site has a couple of manuals. You can find
stuff like this using Manx:
http://vt100.net/manx/
and putting 11/55 into the search box.
Manx doesn't (yet) cover 3rd party stuff so the
Emulex stuff doesn't show up but there are bits
on the web. In this case Al's site also has
some SC72 stuff:
http://www.spies.com/~aek/pdf/emulex/
Antonio
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Antonio Carlini arcarlini(a)iee.org
9:11 a.m.
There does not seem to be a KB11-D printset there. I
have the
KB-11 and KB11 searches turn up a few more manuals, including:
"EK-KB11A-MM-004 KB11-A,D Central Processor Unit Maintenance
Manual"
which *might* have schematics in it (some of the PDP/LSI manuals
do, most don't).
SC72 manual from Al's site as well, but I want to
find the
hardware to go with it:-)
Downloading the h/w is not yet an option :-)
Antonio
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Antonio Carlini arcarlini(a)iee.org
9:17 a.m.
New subject: Disposing of a Collection (11/44) schtuff
Speaking of which... I have a SM-144 memory board that goes in an 11/44. I
have NO docs as to jumper settings and such. Anyone know, or know where
there is a manual for said board? I think the manufacturer is "Standard
Memories".
Jay West
6:28 a.m.
On Mon, 15 Sep 2003, Zane H. Healy wrote:
Does anyone here have any advice on how to go about
disposing of a
computer collection? The time is well past for me to get serious about
it. I want to keep a lot of my DEC gear, but even some of the VMS and
PDP-11 related stuff will be going. I don't have time to do anything
with most of the stuff I've got, and it's become an anchor around my
neck.
Two suggestions:
1) Post the entire list here and see what comes of it
2) Post either the entire lot on the Vintage Computer Marketplace or list
each item individually using the inventory features. This would certainly
help you organize what you have and help you determine what you would want
to ask for either the entire lot in one sale or as individual pieces.
Then, when you're ready to sell, you can easily post everything for sale
either individually or as one lot. E-mail me and I'll tell you how.
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6:34 a.m.
Zane H. Healy wrote:
Does anyone here have any advice on how to go about
disposing of a ...
Ideally I'd like to recover some of the money I've got into the col ...
One obvious solution is selling the stuff on eBay, but that would ta...
Zane
What about sending a list here and enjoy the offers ?
You can start selleing it as a whole lot, but I guess some people would
make offer for specific parts anyway.
cheers,
P.S. Sorry, I just cut your email somewhere around column 72 ;-)
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