[Info-vax] FS: OpenVMS documentation, LK-series keyboards, SCSI HDDs and more

[will.lee at connecmax.com]

On Thursday, October 3, 2013 at 4:54:03 AM UTC+8, MG wrote:
> Here's what I have to offer:
> 
>     - DEC OpenVMS V6(.3?) full, paperback, documentation set in
>       original Digital-branded carton, all in excellent shape;
> 
>     - HP-branded LK463 keyboard with USB interface and PS/2-
>       converter, in excellent and practical new condition;
> 
>     - DEC (and Digital-branded) LK46W-A2 with PS/2 interface,
>       very good shape (looks great), except one 'tilting leg'
>       is missing;
> 
>     - DEC ball mouse with PS/2 interface, in the same beige
>       color as the LK46W-A2;
> 
>     - various old and new 68-pin and 80-pin SCA/SCA2 interface
>       SCSI disks, both in 2½" and 3½" form factors (mostly
>       'short' ones, thus not the 'taller'/older types) in and
>       of various brands/models and capacities ranging from 1
>       to 300 Gbytes (contact me for more information);
> 
>     - various old 50-pin SCSI disks (idem ditto, except the
>       capacities range from 1 to about 4½ Gbytes and some are
>       'taller'), contact me for more information);
> 
>     - DEC RRD43 external CD-ROM drive, amazingly with original
>       documentation(!) and SCSI-type converter and cables
>       (Digital-branded, too) available;
> 
>     - HP DS2100 (Disk System 2100), UltraSCSI (either U160
>       or U320), for 4 * 3½" SCSI disks in HP "ring"-type sleds,
>       in excellent shape and with rack-mounting 'ears' included;
> 
>     - loads of SCSI cables, practically all sorts and kinds;
> 
>     - loads of SCSI terminators, both active and inactive,
>       mostly LVD/SE and quite a few still even in packaging;
> 
>     - loads of HP disk brackets/sleds, including the HP "ring"-
>       type in both light/beige and dark gray/black that would
>       fit in rx1600/rx1620/rx2600/rx2620/rx4640, DS2100, etc.
>       and the like computer/storage systems, also many non-HP
>       sleds for more 'PC'-like systems, like IBM ("x"), Dell
>       and what-not (ask if you're interested);
> 
>     - DEC Multia/UDB VX40B with 166-MHz processor and 256
>       Mbytes RAM, 72-Gbyte U320 2½" SCSI disk (that I
>       shoehorned in with necessary conversion), with HP
>       Tru64 UNIX V5.1B-4 pre-installed and lots of extras;
> 
>     - DEC Multia/UDB VX42B with 233-MHz processor and an
>       unknown amount of RAM, without (working, or actually,
>       wired PSU connector) and in 'unknown' working state
>       and in otherwise fairly good physical condition;
> 
>     - original DEC advertisement material, VAX and AXP/Alpha
>       era marketing material (brochures, whitepapers, "Digital
>       Systems and Option Catalog" booklets from several years
>       and more), I'll make pictures of them if there's interest
>       for it;
> 
>     - several OSF/1 and Tru64 UNIX workbooks, or at least one
>       that I could immediately find;
> 
>     - a bunch of DEC, Compaq and HP cables, plastics and other
>       types of parts;
> 
>     - a bunch of OpenVMS and Tru64 UNIX installation media,
>       originals;
> 
>     - an original CD-ROM (in jewel case) installation medium
>       of the Sybase database software for OpenVMS AXP;
> 
>     - loads of memories, including PC2100 ECC-registered DDR-
>       SDRAM (like for several HP Integrity systems, many even
>       original and HP-branded) and the "parity" type that
>       would fit/work in the Multia/UDB (the exact type escapes
>       me at the moment), also the type for DEC Personal
>       WorkStation-series and likely more (ask for more details,
>       I will then take a closer look);
> 
>     - a good quantity of *OpenVMS-compatible* (in fact, also
>       HP-UX- and IRIX-compatible) _10-Gbit_ fiber-optical
>       (i.e. 10GBASE-SR) PCI-X ethernet NICs and also LC/LC
>       fiber-optical cables available;
> 
>     - several (mostly Ultra320) SCSI HBAs, PCI or PCI-X;
> 
>     - HP 8-port RJ-45/UTP KVM extender hub, I'll have to
>       check the exact type (but it should work with fairly
>       recent RJ-45/UTP KVM equipment);
> 
>     - Quantum Ultrium LTO-1 SCSI tape drive, full-height,
>       in external enclosure and with various empty data
>       cartridges;
> 
>     - several, mostly Sony (and possibly rebranded), DAT40/
>       DDS-4 SCSI tape drives and loads of empty DDS-2, DDS-3
>       and DDS-4 data cartridges, also cleaning tapes.
> 
> I may have forgotten to mention some things, I may add those
> later on.  (If you suspect I made a typo somewhere, feel of
> course free to contact me about it.)
> 
> Anyway, I plan to recycle the majority of this in about a week
> or two, if these items haven't been spoken for by that time.
> 
>   - MG

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