On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 9:30 AM, William Donzelli <wdonzelli at gmail.com> wrote:
I am helping a company dispose of some of their
assets, and amongst
the items are a good sized stack of Documation punch card readers.
There is everything from ?supposedly working units to complete
junkers. Most are model 200s, but some are model 600s. The widow of
the owner is looking to get some decent money for these - I suggested
$200 for the top grade units is fair street price, and obviously less
for anything lower.
These are located outside on Philadelphia (northwest-ish), and are
really either pick-up only (yourself or a pack-n-ship company), or
perhaps I could be convinced to pick up when I go down there next
week.
I am not nearby, as you know, so personal pick-up would not be possible.
If you are favorably disposed to do a pickup next week, I might be
interest in participating in this. I am currently looking at coming
out for VCFe in May.
I have no specific needs - I'm mostly responding because I know card
processing equipment does not come up often. I have an 029 punch that
I need to clean and restore, but at least it's stored indoors (i.e.
not in a barn) waiting for me to have the time to do the work.
If converters or CR-11s are not available, that is not an issue for me
- I am able to roll my own interface hardware if needed. I probably
wouldn't be reading card decks on a PDP-11 anyway, so while I wouldn't
turn away a CR-11, I wouldn't require one either.
I do not know the difference between a Documation 200 and a Documation
600. Why would one want one over the other?
Thanks,
-ethan