VAX 780 on eBay

[Josh Dersch]

On Sat, Jan 1, 2022 at 11:55 AM W2HX via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
wrote:

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> True.  But if you're trying to get > $5000 for something, it doesn't seem
> unreasonable to suggest that investing a bit in getting an extension cord
> run to the location of the machine would be a good idea.  The absence of
> that effort makes me wonder if the owner knows what the outcome of such a
> test would be and doesn't want to have to report it.
> >
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> But what would that accomplish? I think testing something like this
> requires a lot more effort than plugging it in and hitting the circuit
> breaker. To test this to see if some ODT comes up probably requires quite a
> lot of effort (locate a terminal/pc, wire it up, figure out where to plug
> it into the 780, etc. If this guy is a bulk dealer I would be surprised if
> he has the knowledge to do anything more than a power test which, again,
> would not be very useful and could even be detrimental.
>

Right.  I'll pay significantly less for an 11/780 that some random scrapper
has powered up.

- Josh



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