"gold-snipper" is nearby -- I could contact him, but I have no knowledge of Nova H/W.

If it were PDP-8 stuff, I'd try to see what he'd take for it, but I'm not very comfortable guessing what Nova stuff is worth.

I've met him; he seems nice enough (bought a dual-rack 8e, with peripherals, from him once). It is clear that it is business for him -- he seems to make his money buying stuff at auction, selling what seems saleable, and scrapping the rest.

On Wed, 16 Mar 2005, vrs wrote: Oh, I was just thinking generally. I don't know if he's absolutely convinced the thing is worth $600, or isn't sure and thought he'd try that, or just fishing, or what. It also seemed to be a heads-up that gold-snipper at least was aware of classic collectors; whether a friend, impartial businessmammal, or bloodthirsty shark, I don't know, and a visit might illuminate that. And finally, if he becomes aware it's really not worth much money-wise (shipping alone will be $100), and will sell it to you 'cheap', you could probably part it out and recoup maybe $100 if you were so inclined. Like I said, I'd buy a memory or two, maybe another IO card. Unless you're a DG nut, or one lives near you, or doesn't mind paying for shipping, the chassis itself would probably get scrapped, sad to say. There's a regulated P.S. that slides into the chassis under the lowest board (CPU); there's a swing-out unreg supply in back; there's a backplane; there's the plastic front panel. Some "paddle card" plugs onto the backplane to the rear connectors. Those things could be removed and traded/sold off but for relatively peanuts, and shipping cheap (light).