Evans & Sutherland Y2K scrapyard heads-up - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

21 Dec 1998

At 18:20 12/21/98 -0600, you wrote:
...

Here is another small addition to the list of interesting machines that
may be scrapyard-bound as January 1, 2000 approaches.

Evans & Sutherland have recently sent a letter to the owners of ESV    -- snip
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...
 SGI also does not certify any of their systems with
68K, R2000, or R3000
processors to be Y2K compliant, presumably because they cannot run IRIX
6.5.  Watch your local scrap dealer for IRIS 2000/3000, 4D series, and
Indigo R3000 systems. 
Don't forget Hamfests/Radio Rallys or computerfest flea markets. These have
always turned up goodies for us in the past. Finding stuff like the above
should be even more frequent because of the Y2K thing at least for the next
several years. Good times comin' for us big iron or business computer
collectors :)

Regards,  Chris
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Christian Fandt,         Electronic/Electrical Historian
Jamestown, NY  USA      cfandt(a)netsync.net
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