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Phillip Helbig---remove CLOTHES to reply  
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec, de.comp.os.vms
From: hel...@astro.multiCLOTHESvax.de (Phillip Helbig---remove CLOTHES to reply)
Date: Sat, 19 Sep 2009 19:03:35 +0000 (UTC)
Local: Sat, Sep 19 2009 3:03 pm
Subject: coming soon: old DEC hardware free to a good home
I tried posting this to alt.sex.fetish.hardware.DEC but it seems my news
server doesn't carry that group anymore.  :-|

Since I moved house recently I now have more room and will soon do an
inventory of my hardware, put some new stuff into operation, take some
stuff out of operation, give some stuff new tasks etc.  I will also draw
the line and give away stuff which is "too old" for me.  (Actual age
isn't as important as the technology involved.)  What I have in mind as
"too old" would be something like VAX machines slower than the
VAX(station) 4000, such as various models of the VAXstation 3100; DSSI
stuff; thickwire and BNC ethernet; black-and-white monitors (but not
monochrome terminals) etc.

During the inventory, I plan to test the stuff so that I know what works
and what doesn't, how much memory a machine has etc.  This is all stuff
which I got (most probably for free) but no longer need myself.
However, I think there are folks interested in somewhat older hardware
than the stuff I am using at home now.

I don't know when I'll be done---probably by the end of the year or so.
This is thus just an advance notice.  I can store the stuff for a while,
so it's not urgent.  I am not far from the Autobahn near Frankfurt am
Main in Germany.  If I happen to be coming your way and have the time, I
could bring it by, but otherwise you would have to collect it yourself.
I think the cost of shipping would be prohibitive.

Please send me an email so that I can get an idea of how much interest
there is.  My plan is to make an announcement after the inventory and
then distribute stuff on a first come, first served basis, but if anyone
is really, really interested in such stuff (I won't be able to say more
until after the inventory) and sends me an email now, then I'll give
such folks first choice before making the announcement later on.  
(Please indicate whether you are really, really interested or are just
expressing general interest and might want to have something after the
announcement later on.)


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