Oi, Some of us in the UK regularly service and fix Alpha and VAX stuff that's still in commercial use, apparently I'm the only one in the south who can troubleshoot either an Alpha 4100 or ES40 by phone. This might not be true, but given the amount of calls I've had this week you'd think it was :) Welcome!

On 05/06/2014 23:16, "Sean Caron" <scaron at umich.edu> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I just wanted to send a brief little message out to (re?)introduce myself > to the group... I was one of the earlier contributors to the original > classiccmp list maybe 15 years ago but I drifted away from the list and > computer collecting in general ca. 2001-2002 as I got busier with my > university studies and I had accomplished most of my collecting goals. > > One engineering degree, a successful IT career and a starter home later... > I've put down some roots, got a house of my own... perfect time to gather > up all my big heavy things and bring them home :) I figured it would be fun > to chat with some other folks who are still in the hobby. I left my > collection in the hands of some folks that I shouldn't have and it suffered > some losses over the years... maybe I can do some wheeling and dealing here > to recover some of what I'm missing? > > My main focus in collecting is mostly old minis and "workstation" class > hardware. I like to play with SGI, NeXT, DEC Alpha, DEC VAX, DEC PDP, > Motorola MVME boards of all types, 68k Macs and to a lesser extent, Sun > SPARC equipment. > > I'm mostly looking to pick up a few Q-bus and Unibus boards... I'm trying > to finish up a complete board set for a KA650-based Qbus VAX (anyone got a > few 16 MB MS650s or a Q-bus SCSI card at a reasonable price?), and I need a > RX01/02 controller for my PDP-11/34a. I'd love another DEC BA23 at some > point to mound said complete KA650-based boardset... I used to have three > very nice BA23s in my inventory... one perfectly filled out uVAX III... all > were lost :( > > I'm mostly looking to trade or sell some miscellaneous parts for SGI, NeXT, > Apple and maybe to a lesser extent, DEC. > > Excited to be back! > > Best, > > Sean

On 06/06/2014 08:41, "Dave" <dave.g4ugm at gmail.com> wrote: Hi Dave, I was when I wrote that page a decade ago, but these days I don't think I can afford one - disposable income isn't what it once was :/ Maybe once I get a few legal issues sorted I might be able to breathe a bit more... Cheers,