Forwarded from COMP.SYS.CDC; please direct replies to the original poster... -doug q "James B. DiGriz" &lt;jbdigriz(a)dragonsweb.org&gt; wrote in message news:<9spg2t$qia$1@ns2.i16.net>... > A source tells me the current plan is to sell the UGA Cyber 960 being > decommissioned in Athens, for scrap. Anybody here interested in trying to > save it? Hate to see it scrapped. There can't be that many of them left. > > The University System doesn't dispose of surplus property itself in the > State of Georgia. This is handled by the Department of Administrative > Services. Normally, if no qualifying org. or local govt. puts in for it, > it goes to periodic auctions in Atlanta, Albany ( I think), and > Swainsboro. The last is about an hour's drive from me. > > A non-profit museum, educational org, or research inst. stands the only > realistic chance of getting hold of this kind of stuff before it's > dismembered, manuals and software lost, and scattered out to scrap > auctions. It's highly doubtful it'd be sold as a complete system, but I > could be wrong, so I'm looking into the possibility of setting something > up, or finding an existing party which qualifies, preferably in the state, > or at least the Southeast. Let me know if you're interested in putting > heads together on this. > > Thanks, > jbdigriz