3 Mar
2009
3 Mar
'09
6:46 p.m.
Item 150330289821.? A bit expensive for my tastes.? Makes me wish I was independently
wealthy and also had the space/power requirements for such a beast :).
4 Mar
4 Mar
4:26 a.m.
hello ,a marvelous machine ,but needs lots of power and space.I had one a
long time ago,I gave it to a museum near Paris ,this is why my home has
still three phase power !!!!.My money appreciates the vax 4000/100 !!!!this
one seems incomplete ,there is only the cpu ,not the unibus that is
normally in an adjacent rack containing the ba11 with interfaces to disks
,tapes etc....,and neither not the the small pdp11/03
that is the console with the single rx01,those things are more classic ,less
difficult to find than the cpu itself.I hope it will find a good home.
best regards
almain nierveze
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Objet : VAX 11/780 on eBay
Item 150330289821. A bit expensive for my tastes. Makes me wish I was
independently wealthy and also had the space/power requirements for such a
beast :).
4:53 a.m.
On Tue, 2009-03-03 18:46:46 -0500, derschjo at msu.edu <derschjo at msu.edu> wrote:
Item 150330289821.? A bit expensive for my tastes.?
Makes me wish I
was independently wealthy and also had the space/power requirements
for such a beast :).
I'd *love* to get it, but that's clearly not within my money budget.
Though I'd even offer to run it regularly :)
MfG, JBG
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the second :
6:07 a.m.
Yep, but look who's selling it... Rec#*#!goods
They always think, they're selling the ultimate collectors item, no fun at
all those.
$200..1000 is more realistic for this kind of iron ;-)
-Rik
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Onderwerp: Re: VAX 11/780 on eBay
On Tue, 2009-03-03 18:46:46 -0500, derschjo at msu.edu
<derschjo at msu.edu> wrote:
Item 150330289821.? A bit expensive for my
tastes.? Makes me wish I
was independently wealthy and also had the space/power requirements
for such a beast :).
I'd *love* to get it, but that's clearly not within my money budget.
Though I'd even offer to run it regularly :)
MfG, JBG
--
Jan-Benedict Glaw jbglaw at lug-owl.de
+49-172-7608481
Signature of: Alles wird gut! ...und heute wirds
schon ein bi?chen besser.
the second :
11:17 a.m.
It's definitely missing the LSI-11 console machine as well as the RX01 boot floppy.
It looks like one of the CPU boards is mis-seated, which is nearly impossible to
accomplish - so I don't quite understand the photo of the cardcage. It's possible
the CPU is incomplete, although it is true there are a couple of empty slots in the 11/785
CPU.
And yes, the price seems a bit inflated, even were it a complete machine. -- Ian
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From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org [cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of
Paul Koning [Paul_Koning at dell.com]
Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2009 3:49 AM
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: RE: VAX 11/780 on eBay
Item 150330289821. A bit expensive for my tastes.
Makes me wish I was
independently wealthy and also had the space/power requirements for
such a beast :).
No console? And maybe a missing board or two on the left side, isn't that the CPU
side?
paul
3:25 p.m.
On Wednesday 04 March 2009, Ian King wrote:
It's definitely missing the LSI-11 console machine
as well as the
RX01 boot floppy. It looks like one of the CPU boards is mis-seated,
which is nearly impossible to accomplish - so I don't quite
understand the photo of the cardcage. It's possible the CPU is
incomplete, although it is true there are a couple of empty slots in
the 11/785 CPU.
And yes, the price seems a bit inflated, even were it a complete
machine. -- Ian
Yeah, the last 11/780 I bought off of ebay, about 2 years ago, was
actually complete (and functional save one PSU which I still need to
diagnose; it would DCOK and its voltage level would fall a bit, causing
the machine to reboot randomly), was only in the $200-$300 range. The
one I got before that was about $200 with a truckload of other stuff.
So, yes, it's incomplete (though an RX01 and the 11/03 shouldn't be that
hard to come by), and overpriced by what I've seen.
A couple years ago, I even had a reseller offer to sell me an 11/785
(tested, working) for $5k or so. I'm not sure where this guy got his
$10k figure from.
Pat
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5 Mar
5 Mar
9:21 p.m.
The 11/03's are gettinng harder to find. I do have a complete field service
kit (in 3 or 4 cases) and 50 or so extra boards. There was an 11/785 with
tape and disk within 50 miles of me, if I can contact the owner, I'll try to
get a config on it.
Paul
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On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 5:49 AM, Paul Koning <Paul_Koning at dell.com> wrote:
Item
150330289821. A bit expensive for my tastes. Makes me wish I was
independently wealthy and also had the space/power requirements for
such a beast :).
No console? And maybe a missing board or two on the left side, isn't that
the CPU side?
paul
4 Mar
4 Mar
11:30 a.m.
Given that it's only the CPU an no I/O it's not really all that
interesting. If anyone wants something closer to being complete let
me know. I have several 11/78x left. I'll give you a deal!! :-)
TTFN - Guy
On Mar 3, 2009, at 3:46 PM, derschjo at msu.edu wrote:
Item 150330289821. A bit expensive for my tastes.
Makes me wish I
was independently wealthy and also had the space/power requirements
for such a beast :).
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