Wanting to get my first classic computer

[Paul Anderson]

I still have a rainbow or two and a lot of extra parts.  If anyone is
interested, please contact me off list.\


Thanks, Paul

On Tue, Jun 18, 2019 at 10:54 PM Warner Losh via cctalk <
cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:

> On Tue, Jun 18, 2019 at 8:08 PM Ray Jewhurst via cctalk <
> cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
>
> > Hello all, I have been a student of computer history for years but have
> > only learned how to use classic machines vicariously through emulation.
> I
> > would really like to get my own classic computer but I don't know where
> to
> > begin.  For one, I am on a very limited income and two I don't have a lot
> > of space and finally I don't have much knowledge on the finer points of
> the
> > older hardware i.e. terminals networking, etc.  I would really like a
> > Vaxstation but I have also considered a '90s workstation such as an SGI
> > Indy or a SparcStation.  I am pretty fluent in both VMS and Unix so any
> of
> > those would work.  So where do I look besides e-Bay?  I see some
> available
> > here but none near me.  I'm in the Detroit area.  Any advice would be
> > appreciated.  I do know that I do now want a Mac or old PC.  I would like
> > something more exotic.  (Although it might me neat to own a Rainbow.)
>
>
> All the cool kids had DEC Rainbows... though to be honest, maybe I'm biased
> since the DEC Rainbow 100B was my first computer and I'm currently on a DEC
> Rainbow VENIX boondoggle trying too reconstruct frmo v7 and sys III sources
> now available the original Venix 86R source code... :)
>
> Though I'm sure all that other stuff is cool too...
>
> Warner
>
> P.S. I had a VMS Forever bumper sticker on my car for a few years thanks to
> an ex-girlfriend that knew me tooo well :)
>