In search of VAX 8550 or similar...

[Mike Ross]

I'm in NZ and I'm down for at least a couple of the large systems - 750 &
785. Possibly 8600 730 & a pedestal machine. Traveling just now, can I get
back to you in a week or so?
On Apr 10, 2016 2:49 PM, <malcolm at avitech.com.au> wrote:

> Hi Ian,
>
> I have a fairly large collection of large VAX machines that are available
> for sale.  Here is a rough list:
>
>         Large Vax Machines
>         1.      VAX 11/785
>         2.      VAX 8550
>         3.      VAX 6000-430
>         4.      VAX Vector 6000-520
>         5.      VAX 6000-630
>         6.      VAX Vector 6000-440
>         7.      VAX 11/750 system comprising 4 cabinets.  Includes an RA81,
> UNIBUS expansion chassis, TU80 and cabling cabinet.
>         8.      Plessey VAX 11/750 system in 4 cabinets approximately 5.5
> feet tall. Includes hard drive, 11/751 processor unit and tape drive.
>         9.      9 x HSC cluster controllers
>
>         Large Alpha machines
>         10.     2 x DEC 7000
>         11.     DEC 4000.  Has multiple SCSI and DSSI drives in the front,
> and processor rack in the back.
>
>         MicroVAX, pedestal VAX, etc
>         12.     VAX 4000-300
>         13.     3 x MicroVAX II pedestal units
>         14.     6 x VaxServer 3400/3500 pedestal units
>         15.     SF100 with TF687 loader (tape jukebox unit?).  Large
> pedestal form factor.
>         16.     2 x DECserver 550 (naked rack-mount units)
>         17.     1 x unknown box in same form factor as DECserver 550
>         18.     1 x MicroVAX 3500
>         19.     1 x Firefox (looks similar to MicroVAX 3500)
>         20.     1 x R400x
>         21.     1 x rack SA650 (drives)
>         22.     1 x rack SA800 (drives)
>         23.     2 x Microvax 3400
>
> There is also a large amount of smaller systems (11/730s, DECstations,
> Alphas, etc) and large and small tape drives, SMD drives etc.
>
> If you are interested, let me know. The equipment is in Melbourne,
> Australia.  I recently had a quote of around $5,000 to send a 20 foot
> container from Australia to the U.S.
>
> Regards,
> Malcolm
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ian Finder [mailto:ian.finder at gmail.com]
> Sent: Sunday, 10 April 2016 4:14 AM
> To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
> Subject: In search of VAX 8550 or similar...
>
> Would like to purchase and restore a big mid-80s VAX. Stupidly passed one
> up
> recently.
> Let me know if you have one you'd be willing to part with- also open to
> trades.
> In the Seattle area, but a little too comfortable with arranging freight
> shipping...
>
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