[Info-vax] rx2600s on eBay

[H Vlems]

On 29 apr, 06:08, "Hein, Nashua NH" <heinvandenheu... at gmail.com>
wrote:
> On Apr 28, 8:52 pm, JC <thecook... at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Just a quick update on the ebay rx2600 servers I purchased
> :
> > every stage. A great lady called Penny was my vendor
> > contact person, she was terrific and very helpful at all
> > times. The servers arrived in excellent condition and
> > were very well packaged to prevent damage.
>
> Agreed.
>
> > I ordered DVD-ROM/CDRW drives from the HP Canada parts store which is
> >http://h20141.www2.hp.com/hpparts/> Part number is A9919-67001  Price CDN$195
>
> I found some on Ebay for much less, but that seller ran out.
> It's better to speak to Penny and buy an additional RX2600... with
> DVD.
> They are not currently listing those on Ebay and sell the whole system
> for USD125
> Those systems also come with a LSI22915 HP A6829 Dual Ch Ultra160 LVD
> SCSI PCI board
> that works with OpenVMS, but I would recommend a SmartArray from Ebay.
>
> > I haven't used the Management processor on the rx2600 servers as I
> > don't have the special tri-connector cable required and these are hard to find at
> > a decent price.
>
> Think Radioshack, soldering iron! I sacrifieced an old db25 male-male
> cable and a serial cable.
> Glued it all together. Worked fine: db25/2 -> db9/3, db25/3 ->db9/2;
> db25/7 -> db9/5
>
> > Overall I am very satisfied and would recommend anyone to take
> > advantage of this excellent opportunity.
>
> Ditto.
>
> Hein.

Would they (Asset Recovery Corp.) ship to the Netherlands?
Hans