Jay - yes I know and for hardware sales too..... as I sold and troubleshot what I used and needed all the time in house so it was a perfect match. eventually the only DEC stuff that was there was in museum displays in the other suite the museum occupied. Ed# In a message dated 11/30/2015 11:58:08 A.M. US Mountain Standard Tim, jwest at classiccmp.org writes: Ed wrote... ----------------------- when I was young in the computer biz wanted to build a timeshare 8 system.. however ended up going down the HP route instead for the rest of my career . ----------- You chose the better path for a timesharing system *ducks & runs* J