I'm in NZ and I'm down for at least a couple of the large systems - 750 & 785. Possibly 8600 730 & a pedestal machine. Traveling just now, can I get back to you in a week or so? On Apr 10, 2016 2:49 PM, <malc...@avitech.com.au> wrote:
> Hi Ian, > > I have a fairly large collection of large VAX machines that are available > for sale. Here is a rough list: > > Large Vax Machines > 1. VAX 11/785 > 2. VAX 8550 > 3. VAX 6000-430 > 4. VAX Vector 6000-520 > 5. VAX 6000-630 > 6. VAX Vector 6000-440 > 7. VAX 11/750 system comprising 4 cabinets. Includes an RA81, > UNIBUS expansion chassis, TU80 and cabling cabinet. > 8. Plessey VAX 11/750 system in 4 cabinets approximately 5.5 > feet tall. Includes hard drive, 11/751 processor unit and tape drive. > 9. 9 x HSC cluster controllers > > Large Alpha machines > 10. 2 x DEC 7000 > 11. DEC 4000. Has multiple SCSI and DSSI drives in the front, > and processor rack in the back. > > MicroVAX, pedestal VAX, etc > 12. VAX 4000-300 > 13. 3 x MicroVAX II pedestal units > 14. 6 x VaxServer 3400/3500 pedestal units > 15. SF100 with TF687 loader (tape jukebox unit?). Large > pedestal form factor. > 16. 2 x DECserver 550 (naked rack-mount units) > 17. 1 x unknown box in same form factor as DECserver 550 > 18. 1 x MicroVAX 3500 > 19. 1 x Firefox (looks similar to MicroVAX 3500) > 20. 1 x R400x > 21. 1 x rack SA650 (drives) > 22. 1 x rack SA800 (drives) > 23. 2 x Microvax 3400 > > There is also a large amount of smaller systems (11/730s, DECstations, > Alphas, etc) and large and small tape drives, SMD drives etc. > > If you are interested, let me know. The equipment is in Melbourne, > Australia. I recently had a quote of around $5,000 to send a 20 foot > container from Australia to the U.S. > > Regards, > Malcolm > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ian Finder [mailto:ian.fin...@gmail.com] > Sent: Sunday, 10 April 2016 4:14 AM > To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts > Subject: In search of VAX 8550 or similar... > > Would like to purchase and restore a big mid-80s VAX. Stupidly passed one > up > recently. > Let me know if you have one you'd be willing to part with- also open to > trades. > In the Seattle area, but a little too comfortable with arranging freight > shipping... > > Sent from Outlook for iPhone > > >
