I think it's good to hold onto that which is realistic to support, no point in holding hardware hostage in a rodent and moisture-vulnerable old garage. We don't live forever. b
On Tue, Feb 2, 2021 at 5:57 PM Chris Zach via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > What do I have... > > Decsystem/20 CPU box+supply (blt.ai.mit.edu), pdp11/05/83/24/23+/150, 2 > 8L's, an 8/e, 3 RL02, RM80, RX02,TK50,2 Professional 380's. And a > Minc-11/MiniMINC. > > Several Perqs, that HP 1000e thing, and a few dozen MFM disks. > > A pair of Sun 386i's, Nextstation, NS Turbo, Turbo Color > > Probably a lot more. > > On 2/2/2021 4:13 PM, Bob Smith wrote: > > I am down to 2 vaxes and an 11, along with 10 Alphas, a pro380 and two > > DECMante II boxes. > > bb > > > > On Tue, Feb 2, 2021 at 1:48 PM Chris Zach via cctalk > > <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > >> > >> Might be a good time: I remember my dad saying I should encase each one > >> in lucite plastic and sell them as paperweights. That was 30 years ago > >> but it would have preserved them well :-) > >> > >> C > >> (Went from 3 8/I's to 2 8/L's so progress?) > >> > >> On 2/2/2021 1:22 PM, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote: > >>> On Feb 2, 2021, at 9:19 AM, Al Kossow via cctalk < > cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> I don't have any equipment that uses them any more, so I'll be > ebaying off my > >>>> A-W series flip chips over the next few days. The W's and PT08 boards > are up now > >>>> > >>>> https://www.ebay.com/itm/184647476832 > >>>> https://www.ebay.com/itm/184647420812 > >>> > >>> That makes me wonder if I shouldn’t do the same. That would be part > of a camera lens, which may, or may not take up less space. :-) > >>> > >>> Then again I’ve been saying I need to downsize my collection for the > better part of 20 years. > >>> > >>> Zane > >>> > >>> > >>> >