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

[Bill Gunshannon]

In article <k1r65s$30i$1 at pechter.motzarella.org>,
	pechter at tucker.pechter.dyndns.org (Bill Pechter) writes:
> In article <aabu7jFrg0U1 at mid.individual.net>,
> Bill Gunshannon <billg999 at cs.uofs.edu> wrote:
>>In article <k1og9g$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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>>Bill Gunshannon          |  de-moc-ra-cy (di mok' ra see) n.  Three wolves
>>billg999 at cs.scranton.edu |  and a sheep voting on what's for dinner.
>>University of Scranton   |
>>Scranton, Pennsylvania   |         #include <std.disclaimer.h>   
> 
> 
> Did it happen to be an NI1010A?
> 
> Trying to remember the part number for the wierd ethernet used by
> Perkin=Elmer/Concurrent.  I'd love to get the hardware info so I could
> find the programming info.  Getting that to talk TCP/IP under SIMH
> sounds cool.
> 

Nope, DEUNA's..  A pair of them, unused, still in the original boxes.  


bill

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Bill Gunshannon          |  de-moc-ra-cy (di mok' ra see) n.  Three wolves
billg999 at cs.scranton.edu |  and a sheep voting on what's for dinner.
University of Scranton   |
Scranton, Pennsylvania   |         #include <std.disclaimer.h>