9 Jun
2004
9 Jun
'04
8:15 a.m.
Hi All
Another Los Alamos, Sandia Auction this weekend. If you live within a
driving radius of Albuquerque, you should really check these out.
I unfortunatly cannot make it this weekend. :-( So someone else will have
to bid on the Sun Enterprise 450 :
http://www.bentleysauction.com/pictures/albuquerque/06-12-04%20Sandia,%20LA…
There are also several Ultra 10's 5's and 2's
As well as your SGI Octanes, O2's and an Impact 10000
Also a Digital RA90 Rack and a Vax 4000-400 and several MV II's
Complete list:
http://www.bentleysauction.com/misc/catalogs/nm061204.txt
And this time they even have some pictures:
http://www.bentleysauction.com/pictures/albuquerque/06-12-04%20Sandia,%20LA…
Having been to these auctions before. This stuff goes real cheap!!
Have fun!!
Cheers
Tom
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9 Jun
9 Jun
5:37 p.m.
Aaachh!!!
I'm REALLY glad I don't live anywhere NEAR that auction! My house would be
SO full of "goodies" that it would collapse around me - and I'm not talking
about just classic computer related stuff listed. Umm, well, it's creaking
now with just the stuff I've already got. My wife asks why a couple of
doors stick at the top now :-/
There are tons of high vacuum, laser, optical gear and other high-tech
stuff listed in that auction that I know and miss using since I downsized
from ACU-RITE Inc in '98. BTW, if anyone buys the
ACU-RITE II digital
readouts for their mill or lathe (lot # 164 & 172) I can
give you a copy of
the manual and even service the readout if needed. Need AR or Anilam Inc
encoders to use these readouts. Just don't pay much more than ten or twelve
bucks for both of them.
I *think* I recall correctly that the Balzers QME064 is their partial
pressure analyzer and if indeed it is I believe it has a DEC PDP-11/23
processor card, memory and a couple of custom cards specific to the
application in a 4-slot bus. Been so long since I saw ours at AR that I
can't quite recall. BTW, most controllers on Balzers brand thin film
deposition equipment (electron beam and sputtering systems) use DEC
hardware. Early ones used PDP-8's which are getting hard to find in that
application while most other more recent systems use 11/23's and Falcons.
Haven't checked what the newest systems use - hope its NOT wintel.
-Chris F.
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Upon the date 10:15 AM 6/9/04 -0700, Tom Ponsford said something like:
Hi All
Another Los Alamos, Sandia Auction this weekend. If you live within a
driving radius of Albuquerque, you should really check these out.
I unfortunatly cannot make it this weekend. :-( So someone else will
have to bid on the Sun Enterprise 450 :
http://www.bentleysauction.com/pictures/albuquerque/06-12-04%20Sandia,%20LA…
There are also several Ultra 10's 5's and 2's
As well as your SGI Octanes, O2's and an Impact 10000
Also a Digital RA90 Rack and a Vax 4000-400 and several MV II's
Complete list:
http://www.bentleysauction.com/misc/catalogs/nm061204.txt
And this time they even have some pictures:
http://www.bentleysauction.com/pictures/albuquerque/06-12-04%20Sandia,%20LA…
Having been to these auctions before. This stuff goes real cheap!!
Have fun!!
Cheers
Tom
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5:42 p.m.
Aaachh!!!
I'm REALLY glad I don't live anywhere NEAR that auction! My house would be
SO full of "goodies" that it would collapse around me - and I'm not talking
about just classic computer related stuff listed. Umm, well, it's creaking
I know what you mean, I looked at the pic's and started drooling when I saw
something I'd have no problem talking my wife into. Namely SGI widescreen
LCD monitors, as she'd also like to have one for my O2 R12k/270 :^) Then
there were the Mac's, the DEC HW, Sun HW (actually the least tempting of the
tempting), and the rest of the SGI HW.
Thankfully I'm a *LONG* ways away.
Zane
10 Jun
10 Jun
8:54 a.m.
Re:
Has anyone succeeded in bidding/buying from a Bentleys auction
from a distance? I called them, and couldn't quite
communicate
with their front office staff. They said, repeatedly, that they'd
package up anything I won, but that I'd have to arrange for pickup.
I couldn't get across to them that I wanted *them* to drop the
package in the mail/UPS/whatever. It seems like they're willing to
do 90% of what's necessary for off-site buyers, but.....??
Alternatively, is anyone going to the sale this weekend? :)
(I'm interested in a couple of laptop size items.)
thanks,
Stan
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sieler(a)allegro.com
www.allegro.com/sieler/wanted/index.html
5:53 p.m.
While I have bought several items at the Bently's auctions, none were remote.
They do have bidding by Proxy, sometimes via phone, or by a maximum bid (a la
ebay) and you need to set it up with the front office, I was out-bid on
several items by some proxy bidder in Florida once. I think there are more
details on their main web site. I have found them to be very professional and
will go out of thier way to help.
Cheers
Tom
Stan Sieler wrote:
Re:
Has anyone succeeded in bidding/buying from a Bentleys auction
from a distance? I called them, and couldn't quite communicate
with their front office staff. They said, repeatedly, that they'd
package up anything I won, but that I'd have to arrange for pickup.
I couldn't get across to them that I wanted *them* to drop the
package in the mail/UPS/whatever. It seems like they're willing to
do 90% of what's necessary for off-site buyers, but.....??
Alternatively, is anyone going to the sale this weekend? :)
(I'm interested in a couple of laptop size items.)
thanks,
Stan
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11 Jun
11 Jun
3:45 p.m.
On Thu, 2004-06-10 at 10:54, Stan Sieler wrote:
They said, repeatedly, that they'd
package up anything I won, but that I'd have to arrange for pickup.
I couldn't get across to them that I wanted *them* to drop the
package in the mail/UPS/whatever. It seems like they're willing to
do 90% of what's necessary for off-site buyers, but.....??
That's not how they work. I haven't been, but it's a madhouse, with a
lot of *highly specialized* auction buyers, who have their names written
on pre-taped sheets, and they rapidly heel-toe-it (running disallowed)
the *instant* the site opens and SLAP! their name on pallets they want.
YOu generally have to buy an entire pallet to get what you want.
YOu must remove the stuff yourself immediately. It's not a store, it's a
step away from the dump for them. It's just a pile of stuff you load in
your truck.
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