[Info-vax] OT: for disposal: AlphaStation 250 system, PC164SX motherboard, VAXstation(s)? Available later this year (Birmingham, UK)

[Mac Decman]

On Thu, 3 May 2012 15:12:15 -0700 (PDT), John Wallace
<johnwallace4 at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

>On May 3, 9:38 pm, hel... at astro.multiCLOTHESvax.de (Phillip Helbig---
>undress to reply) wrote:
>> In article
>> <26941831.1195.1336074311297.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums at vbep19>,
>>
>> abrsvc <dansabrservi... at yahoo.com> writes:
>> > If you know where I can acquire a DS10 for free, can you pass that info
>> > along?  I need to do some cluster work and only have 1 at the moment.
>>
>> They aren't THAT easy to find!  Monitor here and comp.sys.dec;
>> occasionally people give stuff away.  Ask around---occasionally in the
>> newsgroups, by email with people who might know someone who knows
>> someone etc.  You should be able to find something within a couple of
>> months.
>
>Later this year, and subject to confirmation of their actual
>condition, I will be disposing of an AlphaStation 250 [1] (21064, VMS-
>capable) and a PC164SX motherboard in enclosure (hi Marc)(21164, will
>run Tru64, Linux, etc, but PC164SX cannot run VMS). Maybe even some
>VAXstation/MicroVAX kit too - MicroVAX 2000?, VAXstation 3100 (M40?
>with matching SCSI expansion), again subject to audit.
>
>Also a nice early laptop, a DIGITAL HiNote Ultra 2000 [2]. Allegedly
>capable of running XP (licence required), but Linux might be more
>sensible.
>
>If anybody wants the lot, fine, but I'm happy to split too. Prefer
>good home, rather than auction. I need the space. Boxes currently in
>Birmingham, UK, but I frequently travel to Reading and would be happy
>to meet up along the way somewhere. These are heavy (or fragile, or
>both) and would need serious packing so courier/freight may not be
>attractive (though maybe not quite so bad with the PC164SX or the
>HiNote).
>
>For enthusiasts of a slightly different kind, I will probably also be
>disposing of a Solartron CD1014 true dual beam semi-portable valve
>oscilloscope, shortly before its 50th birthday. Mostly working when
>last used by me several years ago. Similar to
>http://www.radiomuseum.org/r/solartron_dual_beam_oscilloscope_cd.html
>
>Have a lot of fun.
>
>[1] http://h18002.www1.hp.com/alphaserver/workstations/retired/a250series.html
>[2] http://www.windowsitpro.com/article/product-review/digital-hinote-ultra-2000

If anyone is interested... I live in the Puyallup, WA area.  I have a
164LX system, 1GB ram, 600MHz, Qlogic SCSI, S3 video.  Also it has a
CD drive and DAT4.  If I remember correctly the CD is able to boot
ODS2 disks just fine for the OpenVMS installation.  It was running
OpenVMS 8.2? I think when I took it off line.  Everything worked
including the video console.  If anyone wants it they can have it all
except the harddrive.  I'd really prefer not to ship it but for the
cost of packaging I will.

Mark DeArman