Looking for DECstation 5000/2xx
J. Alexander Jacocks
I'm looking to do some NetBSD work on a pmax, for the first time, in a
long time. I used to have a 5000/120, in college, but unfortunately
was forced to get rid of it, many years ago. So, I'm now looking for
a 5000/2xx (preferably a 260, of course), with as much RAM as it is
possible to find.
Does anyone here have a spare machine, or know of a possible source?
I know that DECstations are starting to become pretty rare.
By the way, for shipping purposes, I'm located in Queenstown, MD,
21658, USA. I'm, of course, willing to pay.
Thanks!
- Alex
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Isildur
tempted to maybe buy one, but i'm in europe...shipping alone would be
as much as the machine or maybe more.
someone (here on port-pmax maybe? i dont recall) had some in the bay area
he was giving away... maybe check the archive and see if it was here, and
if he might still have one and be willing to ship it..
hope you find one!
and the memory is maybe even harder to find than the machines (if you want
32mb modules that is)!
happy hacking
isildur
On Tue, 26 Jul 2011, J. Alexander Jacocks wrote:
> Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2011 15:02:48 -0400
> From: J. Alexander Jacocks <jjac...@mac.com>
> To: port...@NetBSD.org
> Subject: Looking for DECstation 5000/2xx
J. Alexander Jacocks
> I had seen a few on ePay a while ago. prices all over the map. i was tempted
> to maybe buy one, but i'm in europe...shipping alone would be as much as the
> machine or maybe more.
I've seen the same. There are machines for sale on eBay, but the
prices are mostly insane. It seems that the few vendors who still
have DECstation hardware are marketing only to businesses who are
forced to keep old equipment running, at any price.
Peter C. Wallace
> Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2011 11:14:50 -0400
> From: J. Alexander Jacocks <jjac...@mac.com>
> To: port...@NetBSD.org
> Subject: Re: Looking for DECstation 5000/2xx
>
> On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 11:09 AM, Isildur <mrfu...@vaxpower.org> wrote:
>> I had seen a few on ePay a while ago. prices all over the map. i was tempted
>> to maybe buy one, but i'm in europe...shipping alone would be as much as the
>> machine or maybe more.
>
> I've seen the same. There are machines for sale on eBay, but the
> prices are mostly insane. It seems that the few vendors who still
> have DECstation hardware are marketing only to businesses who are
> forced to keep old equipment running, at any price.
>
> - Alex
>
Personal DECstation 5000/25 only $399.95
Ebay Item 130383810395
I must have about 15 or so DECstations still around
No idea they were R@RE
Ill bet the DECStation 5100 I have is even more R@RE
I'll be rich rich rich...
Peter Wallace