Hi all, Yesterday I had a failure of my router (it wouldn't reboot after a UPS was reset and it took me basically all day to get it running - but I did get it running!). Since there was a ton of hurry-up-and-wait, I took advantage of the opportunity to clean my basement computer area quite a lot, and made a huge pile of stuff. Most of it isn't of any particular interest to people here (unless you have an itch to own an external Supra modem with a rotating LED display :) ) but I found a box of VAX cables that might well be of interest. Included: A very long (50'?) MMJ to MMJ cable (male on both ends) A fairly long MMJ to DB25 female cable, homemade by someone, connected to a standard DB9/DB25 modem cable. I haven't tested it. This can be the console cable on a VAX (I have one just like it on my VAXstation 4000/60). Two MMJ female to DB25 male cable adapters. You have to self-wire them but the wiring is included. Unopened. Labelled ATI-G25M6-DEC. One MMJ female to DB9 male cable adapter. I inserted the pins on this, but I'm not sure if it's right because it didn't work for me. Hopefully if I did screw it up, you can rewire it easily enough. Two RJ45 female to DB9 male cable adapters, as above, pins uninserted. Two RJ45 female to DB25 male cable adapters, as above, pins uninserted. I think I figured I could put these to use in this project, but I'm not quite sure what I had in mind. :) Obviously, they'd be useful in making inexpensive CAT5-based serial cables. (Presumably they'd be good if you wanted to make a cable for Sparcstations or such, since Sparcs seem to have reverse gender serial ports. I seem to have gender bender adapters for mine though.) A weird DEC cable, DB25 male on one end, and what I think is QBus female on the other (3 rows of pins, 17/16/17 - DB50?). I'm guessing this will be a huge score to someone, just not sure what it goes with. :) Cost: Free. You pay shipping from Canada (to check postage costs, http://www.canadapost.ca, from postal code S4R 1A1). I'll have to formally weigh the package, but I'd guess about 2.5 kg. It's in a standard #10 envelope box that originally held 500 envelopes. To make it fun: - I won't pick a recipient until whenever I check my email first on Sunday (so figure noon CST/1800 UTC as a rough guess, although it might be earlier or later). - If only one person wants them, they win no matter what. :) - Each interested person gets one entry to the random selection. - Canadians preferred, and get an extra entry. But if you're outside Canada and will pay postage, and really, really need this stuff, an exuberant email convincing me of such will make me treat you like you're Canadian. :) (You may also owe me a draught ale from a local establishment, if I ever end up in your city.) (Particularly exuberant Canadians may get three entries, at my discretion.) - Correctly answering the trivia question below gets an extra entry. - Promising to give me an account on a VAX you are running gets you an extra entry. :) (I promise not to abuse it.) (And you don't have to give me an account unless you are awarded these bits, of course.) - Don't answer the trivia question in-list. :) Please reply to me directly, and not on-list. The trivia questions: If you live in Canada, or are a Canadian citizen, answer this one: What is the newest Alberta telephone area code? If you live in the United States, or are an American citizen, answer this one: What state(s) in the United States have land area north of the 49th parallel? If you do not fit into either of those categories, answer this one: Palm trees can be found growing where in Canada? (Hint: the answer is not "indoors", although this may pedantically be true. :) ) Good luck :) Jim