New subject: You have got to be kidding me

11 Mar 2014

David,

So where does one look for a VAX4000/600+ that is not on eBay (but,
hopefully, in the UK)?

Regards

Rob

On 11 March 2014 23:34, Robert Jarratt <robert.jarratt at ntlworld.com> wrote:

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 On Mar 11, 2014, at 3:04 PM, Benjamin Huntsman <
 BHuntsman at mail2.cu-portland.edu> wrote:

  A VAXstation just sold on eBay for $2,021.51.
 I may be off my rocker, but that seems a bit high... :)

http://www.ebay.com/itm/DEC-Vaxstation-4000-90-VS49K-AB-CPU-KA49-May-Work-P…

 This has been bandied about on this list before.  The 4000/90 is an item
 on some important US DoD contract, so that specific model goes for a
 premium because resellers know they pretty much have a guaranteed sale
 for it.  It's a shame for the rest of us, since the 4000/90 is a pretty
 nice machine, but you can get a machine with equivalent performance in
 the VAX4000/600+ range (those are the deskside towers, not to be confused
 with VS4000).  If you know where to look (not eBay), you can often get
 those a LOT cheaper.

 VS4000/96 machines go for about twice what the 4000/90 machines do on
 eBay.

 - Dave

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