[Info-vax] Looking for a source for replace or repair some power supplies

[Bill Gunshannon]

In article <k1og9g$onn$1 at dont-email.me>,
	David Froble <davef at tsoft-inc.com> writes:
> Michael Moroney wrote:
>> David Froble <davef at tsoft-inc.com> writes:
>> 
>>> Subject sort of says most of the issue.  I'm looking in the USA, shiping 
>>>from elsewhere will probably be unreasonable.
>> 
>>> 2) ASTEC MODEL SA180-3505  for an AlphaStation 200 / 233
>> 
>> I may have a PC ATX power supply that I converted to work on an  
>> AlphaStation 200 a while ago.
> 
> Yeah, David Turner was telling me about how to do that, if I could find 
> an old power supply that provided -5 volt.

Do ATX or the older PC PSU's provide it?  I have a number of old PC
PSU's floating around here.

> 
> I'm thinking the AlphaStation 800 will become my primary Alpha.  Better 
> in most regards.  Not sure about the power draw, but, I've been running 
> it anyway to back up the other VMS systems ....
> 
> Found some refurbished, $500.  I think I may have paid $100 for the 
> entire system.
> 
> I'm starting to get the idea that I should put my VAXstation 4000 
> systems up for sale for maybe $5000 each.  Prices for old stuff are 
> ridiculous.

Only if your buying.  I have tried selling in the past and have been
unable to get as much as an $11 offer for items being sold by resellers
for hundreds of dollars. (I once was offered $100 for all my PDP-11
modules which included two particular UNIBUS Ethernet Modules that
the very same reseller was offering on their website for $1500!)

bill

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