[Info-vax] DS10 free “to a good home” :-)

[Eric Fox]

On Saturday, June 4, 2022 at 12:23:38 PM UTC-4, Galen wrote:
> I’ve decided to part with the DS10 I’ve been tinkering with on and off for 
> the last 18 years or so. I haven’t made much use of it, or even had it 
> powered on very frequently, except most recently during the height of the 
> COVID crisis when I did manage to while away some time with it. 
> 
> It’s yours for the asking, if you or a friend came get to within 30 miles 
> or so of Charlottesville, VA. (I can’t afford shipping. If it’s worth it to 
> you, though, I can get a rough estimate on shipping within the USA.) 
> (I have a climate controlled storage closet at home, if you are interested 
> but need some time to get here.) 
> 
> It’s the 617 MHz model with 1 GB RAM, a VMS compatible dual-channel SCSI 
> card (which incorporates an additional twisted-pair Ethernet port), a third 
> party but VMS and DECwindows compatible graphics card, a two year old 
> Islandco-branded power supply, and a replaceable-battery “Dallas” clock 
> chip. 
> 
> It has an internally mounted two hard drives: a Fujitsu MAP3367NC 36.7 GB 
> 10K RPM SCSI hard drive that I bought as “new old-stock” two years ago, 
> along with a WD Caviar Blue 80 GB 7200 RPM IDE drive (manufactured 2006). 
> 
> It also has a Sony 52x IDE CD burner that I bought new about 18 years ago, 
> and its original floppy drive. 
>  
> The CPU fan is also the original—in other words, quite old. 
> 
> At present everything but the floppy drive has been tested recently and 
> works. (I’ve never tried out the floppy drive.)
I am in VA, up in Loudoun County, and am interested in adding this machine to my collection. I currently have some Sun, SGI, Apple, and a mix of varied PC's. Always been interested in getting a DEC box to learn on. I'm willing to meet at a halfway point 30-50mi or cover shipping. Thanks!