Moving Sale (SF Bay Area, USA)

[Vlad Stamate]

Hi,

I sent a private message too. I am looking to get (if possible) and
compensate for the Packard Bell 286, Hethkit H89 and one MicroVAX
3100. I live in the Bay Area and I can easily come by and pick up.

Regards,
Vlad.

https://sites.google.com/site/digiloguemuseum/

On 21 November 2014 08:18, Sean Caron <scaron at umich.edu> wrote:
> Wow, plenty of nice stuff there. I'm still taking in my two new BA23s so I
> think I'll sit this one out :) Hope it all finds a good home. If there
> aren't any bites on the 3800 I'd at least take the boards out of it if
> anyone wanted to facilitate... Better than having them go to WSW :| If Indy
> has NG-24, I could use one of those... I'm just trolling for guts & parts,
> LOL.
>
> Best,
>
> Sean
>
>
> On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 1:53 AM, Jacob Ritorto <jacob.ritorto at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hey Seth!  I'd like to call dibs on the blue adm3a!  Will send a friend
>> over from HMB to pick it up at your convenience.  Will you reply pirvately
>> & let me know when's best and what's a proper tip, pls?
>>
>> thx
>> jake
>>
>> (fourfifteen)952-5372
>>
>> On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 1:18 AM, Seth Morabito <lists at loomcom.com> wrote:
>>
>> >
>> > Well, it's finally happened. I've bought a house west of Seattle, and
>> > I'm going to be leaving the bay area.
>> >
>> > First things first: I am NOT getting out of classic computers! I'm
>> > taking a nice little core collection of microcomputers with me.  That
>> > said, the move is going to be extremely expensive and I have a lot of
>> > stuff that I'm just not likely to ever get around to.  Liquidating
>> > some stuff could save me thousands of dollars. So, it's time to try to
>> > pass it on.
>> >
>> > Everything here is located in Fremont, California, very close to I-880
>> > and Decoto Road. It's in a garage for very easy access. Because of the
>> > craziness of moving, I'm very sorry to say that everything here is
>> > pick-up only. I cannot make the time to pack and ship. If you're remote
>> > and you'd like to get someone else who's local do some picking up for
>> > you, of course you're more than welcome.
>> >
>> > Anyway, I hate to do this, but it's time...
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > First, the non-free stuff. I'd actually like some money for these. How
>> > much? I'll take reasonable offers. I'm not looking for eBay money.
>> > Seriously. Make an offer, the worst that could possibly happen is that
>> > I'll counter.
>> >
>> > - PDP-11/35. This is my semi-infamous restoration project that
>> >   consumed much of my 2012. I very lovingly restored the power supply,
>> >   backplanes, chassis, and front panel. The logic is almost certainly
>> >   beyond repair. It needs a new set of cards. This system is housed in
>> >   a full-height rack that has seen much better days. Includes a Diablo
>> >   Series 30 drive, ECCO paper tape reader (not punch), and a DSD 440
>> >   8" floppy drive. I'll throw in a big huge pile of 8" floppies.
>> >
>> > - PDP-11/53. This is a nice half-height DEC rack with a PDP-11/53 card
>> >   set in a PDP-11/23+ chassis, plus two working RL-02 drives. Will
>> >   include 10 RL-02 packs. This is a nice setup. It pains me more to
>> >   get rid of this than it does the 11/35, if I'm honest. (Drive heads
>> >   are currently parked and secured!)
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Now, the cheap and/or free WORKING stuff. Just make a token offer to
>> > help defray some moving costs and I'll be thrilled.
>> >
>> > - MicroVAX 3800. Nice system. Used to belong to Lockheed Martin and
>> >   once had Hubble Space Telescope pointing control software developer
>> >   accounts on it!
>> >
>> > - Two AlphaServer DS20e systems and 4 SCSI storage arrays. Marginally
>> >   classic, but come on, you know you want them.
>> >
>> > - TWO MicroVAX 3100 model 80s. Loud little beasts. Lots of small
>> >   SCSI disks. Ideal doorstops.
>> >
>> > - AlphaStation 200 4/233. Cute little desktop. Works great!
>> >
>> > - Sun SPARCClassic.
>> >
>> > - Sun SPARC IPC.
>> >
>> > - Assorted Sun keyboards / mice.
>> >
>> > - SGI Octane. It's a perfectly nice system. No keyboard / mouse. It
>> >   has texture RAM!
>> >
>> > - SGI R5000 Indy. Also no keyboard or mouse, sorry. At least these SGI
>> >   systems are PS/2.
>> >
>> > - A C-One FPGA system. This is not technically classic, but it is
>> >   neat. These were sold as a re-targetable FPGA system to emulate
>> >   Commodore Amiga A500 among other systems. Had a minor following in
>> >   the early 2000s before the project dried up.
>> >
>> > - Heathkit H-89. Had to do some minor power supply repair to get it
>> >   working, but it works great now. Hard-sectored floppy drive. I'll
>> >   throw in 6 hard sectored floppies. That's all I have!
>> >
>> > - Tandy TRS-80 Model 4.
>> >
>> > - Tandy Color Computer 3, still in the box!
>> >
>> > - No-name serial terminal. It's always good to have more of these,
>> >   right?
>> >
>> > - Sharp PC5000
>> >
>> > - TWO DEC Rainbows (one has a bad power switch), plus monitors and
>> >   keyboards.
>> >
>> > - Panasonic Sr. Partner luggable computer.
>> >
>> > - Packard Bell 286
>> >
>> > - 2 or 3 TI Silent 700 terminals. (I'm keeping a few, but I have an
>> >   absurd number of these things)
>> >
>> > - Execuport 4000 printing terminal.
>> >
>> > - DEC LA100 printing terminal.
>> >
>> > - 90% working blue ADM-3a terminal. Needs some slight logic repair,
>> >   should be an easy job.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Finally, the stuff that DOES NOT WORK. I just want this gone. Please
>> > take it. Any of these could be a fun project. If you don't take it, it
>> > will go to WeirdStuff Warehouse where they'll do horrible things.
>> > I especially
>> >
>> > - KayPro 10.
>> >
>> > - Another MicroVAX 3800. The non-working version of the one above.
>> >
>> > - DEC Professional 350. Dead video.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > That's it. If you happen to come over and we're going through stuff
>> > and I find something else I should get rid of, you're welcome to it!
>> >
>> > -Seth
>> >
>>