Re: Looking for DECstation 5000/2xx

["Peter C. Wallace" <pcw%mesanet.com@localhost>]

On Thu, 28 Jul 2011, J. Alexander Jacocks wrote:

> Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2011 11:14:50 -0400
> From: J. Alexander Jacocks <jjacocks%mac.com@localhost>
> To: port-pmax%NetBSD.org@localhost
> Subject: Re: Looking for DECstation 5000/2xx
>
> On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 11:09 AM, Isildur <mrfusion%vaxpower.org@localhost> 
> wrote:
> > I had seen a few on ePay a while ago. prices all over the map. i was tempted
> > to maybe buy one, but i'm in europe...shipping alone would be as much as the
> > machine or maybe more.
>
> I've seen the same.  There are machines for sale on eBay, but the
> prices are mostly insane.  It seems that the few vendors who still
> have DECstation hardware are marketing only to businesses who are
> forced to keep old equipment running, at any price.
>
> - Alex

Personal DECstation 5000/25 only $399.95
Ebay Item 130383810395

I must have about 15 or so DECstations still around

No idea they were R@RE

Ill bet the DECStation 5100 I have is even more R@RE

I'll be rich rich rich...

Peter Wallace