> From: Devin Davison > well there goes my plan of trying to keep it under the radar.
Sorry, I didn't mean to upset your plan (and you); I just didn't know if anyone was watching for VAX-11/780 parts, they come by so rarely. We have discussed this topic before, but let me recapitulate one point about pricing and valuations: if we want to stop this stuff being scrapped, we need to make sure the prices realized are well above scrap. This will have several consequences: i) If people only get low (scrap-region) prices, why go to all the bother/hassle of listing things on auction sites; just proceeed directly to 'Go'. ii) Hopefully, if values are non-trivial, the word will get around, and people who have this stuff will go to the effort to list it, instead of leaving it to moulder, etc. Yes, I understand that will make this a more expensive hobby, but TANSTAAFL. YMMV. Noel