26 Jan
2022
26 Jan
'22
12:18 p.m.
Hello,
I had picked up these machines fresh out of high school. I actually worked
a deal with the buyer to make payments out of my paycheck for a few weeks
till they were paid in full. i have not had the time to focus and get them
running.
one machine i have had up to the cpu monitor, no internal disk drive.
the second machine has some corrosion on the front panel board, where the
battery leaked. it iminimal, and the bad battery is removed.
open to offers.
located in US Florida
Looking to sell off excess stuff, i want to focus on my pdp11's and
mainframes.
26 Jan
26 Jan
12:49 p.m.
It might help people decide if you mention which chassis, and boards these include. I
gather they don?t include Hard Drives? If they?re 3800?s, I *assume* they would need DSSI
drives?
Thankfully you?re amost as far from me as you could be, and still be in the US.
Thanks,
Zane
On Jan 26, 2022, at 12:18 PM, devin davison via cctalk
<cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
Hello,
I had picked up these machines fresh out of high school. I actually worked
a deal with the buyer to make payments out of my paycheck for a few weeks
till they were paid in full. i have not had the time to focus and get them
running.
one machine i have had up to the cpu monitor, no internal disk drive.
the second machine has some corrosion on the front panel board, where the
battery leaked. it iminimal, and the bad battery is removed.
open to offers.
located in US Florida
Looking to sell off excess stuff, i want to focus on my pdp11's and
mainframes.
1:30 p.m.
The first system says no storage. Second system is unspecified.
A KA655 does not have onboard DSSI, so DSSI would be via KFQSA/M7769.
I've expressed interest in at least one system, tho shipping to California will cost
about as much as the hardware. On Wednesday, January 26, 2022, 12:49:50 PM PST, Zane
Healy via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
It might help people decide if you mention which chassis, and boards these include.? I
gather they don?t include Hard Drives?? If they?re 3800?s, I *assume* they would need DSSI
drives?
Thankfully you?re amost as far from me as you could be, and still be in the US.
Thanks,
Zane
On Jan 26, 2022, at 12:18 PM, devin davison via cctalk
<cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
Hello,
I had picked up these machines fresh out of high school. I actually worked
a deal with the buyer to make payments out of my paycheck for a few weeks
till they were paid in full. i have not had the time to focus and get them
running.
one machine i have had up to the cpu monitor, no internal disk drive.
the second machine has some corrosion on the front panel board, where the
battery leaked. it iminimal, and the bad battery is removed.
open to offers.
located in US Florida
Looking to sell off excess stuff, i want to focus on my pdp11's and
mainframes.
1:34 p.m.
I will need to get the details. I have some spare power supplies, tape
drives, and a couple hard drives, although im not sure if they are scsi or
dssi.
Im looking to get some offers and see what i can expect to get for them. I
might have put in too much in the first place when i bought them , hopeing
to recover some loss while hopefully still giving a reasonable price.
i will post back with some pictures.
On Wed, Jan 26, 2022, 3:18 PM devin davison <lyokoboy0 at gmail.com> wrote:
Hello,
I had picked up these machines fresh out of high school. I actually worked
a deal with the buyer to make payments out of my paycheck for a few weeks
till they were paid in full. i have not had the time to focus and get them
running.
one machine i have had up to the cpu monitor, no internal disk drive.
the second machine has some corrosion on the front panel board, where the
battery leaked. it iminimal, and the bad battery is removed.
open to offers.
located in US Florida
Looking to sell off excess stuff, i want to focus on my pdp11's and
mainframes.
1:46 p.m.
On Wednesday, January 26, 2022, 01:34:34 PM PST, devin davison via cctalk <cctalk at
classiccmp.org> wrote:
[...]
Im looking to get some offers and see what i can expect
to get for them. [...]
For comparison purposes, recycledgoods.com has listed a couple of BA213 chassis, still
unsold, for at least 18 months.
(they are also listed on eBay). IIRC, asking price has gone as low as $750,
I bought a Microvax 3600 (?) on eBay about 18 months ago for $500. I got it mounted in a
DEC rack with a DEMPR; a GCR (6250bpi) tape drive and controller, an SMD controller and
drives, a slew of spare boards; plus a VCB02 (GPX, QDSS) board set with S-handle
bulkheads; vt220 console terminal, two moving boxes full of manuals, and other stuff which
is slipping my mind.
At the other end of the spectrum, the same seller had a lot of 4 microvax and VAXstation
(BA213/215) systems which went on eBay for about $3000. Buyer paid air-freight to
Scotland. I suspect they're a reseller with customers who still have VAX equipment in
production use.
1:55 p.m.
On Wed., Jan. 26, 2022, 16:47 Jonathan Stone via cctalk, <
cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
At the other end of the spectrum, the same seller had a lot of 4 microvax
and VAXstation (BA213/215) systems which went on eBay for about $3000.
Buyer paid air-freight to Scotland. I suspect they're a reseller with
customers who still have VAX equipment in production use.
Is that recently? I saw a lot of crazy prices for known good tested
machines years ago but in the last 5-10 years I think all that's gone away.
I think it's only collectors left buying these things now.
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