You should perhaps reread Noel's message - he is asking for someone that may or may not have any interest in the well being of the machine, but probably has a very strong interest in keeping their business afloat. There are at least a few people on this list that are experienced and qualified to help this guy out with some real, rubber-hits-the-road advice on how to help.
Also, keep in mind that the membership of this list (especially the active members) is just a small fraction of the computer collector community. -- Will On Tue, Dec 8, 2015 at 10:15 AM, Johnny Billquist <b...@update.uu.se> wrote: > Why would anyone here want to contribute to such a question? The outcome is > unlike to be contributing anything here anyway. > > (Or maybe I'm just naive in thinking that people who request assistance to > maximize their profits targeting the same crowd they ask for assistance from > (for free) is abusive.) > > Johnny > > > On 2015-12-08 15:09, Noel Chiappa wrote: >> >> So I know someone who has a working 11/34 (4 RLO2's and the 11/34 in an >> H960, >> running RSTS/E) they want to sell, and they want to know how to maximize >> the >> value - i.e. whether to sell it as a complete working system, or to part >> it >> out - and if the latter, how to break it up? >> >> (No discussion about the morality of parting it out, please; this is owned >> by >> a business, and they need the money to pay people's salaries.) >> >> So which direction would get the most money? My sense is that parting it >> to >> the maximal degree possible (e.g. sell each drive separately, sell the >> memory >> separately from the CPU, sell the feet separately from the H960, etc) is >> the way to get the most money, but I'm interested to hear what others >> think. >> >> Thanks for any insights! >> >> Noel >> >
