Subject: Re: Saved from dumpster..
To: Andy Sparrow <andy@aonix.com>
From: Dave McGuire <mcguire@neurotica.com>
List: port-pmax
Date: 01/12/1998 21:16:05
  Christ...What kind of idiot would put systems like that into the
DUMPSTER?!  Ahh, what morons Bill Gates has created.

  Their stupidity is to our benefit.  If anyone wants a pleasant
experience, benchmark a 5000/240 against a decent 486.  The results
may surprise you.


                  -Dave McGuire
                   mcguire@neurotica.com

On January 12, Andy Sparrow wrote:
> 
> Hi everyone.
> 
> 
> Saved a pile of DECstations from the dumpster. Getting
> fed up with 'em underfoot now..
> 
> 4-5 5000/200s, with a couple of 100 series with the
> internal CDs (120 & a 125).
> 
> All have PMAG-Bs, VR-299s, LK-401, the "puck" mice and HDDs,
> but they're none of them particularly "fat" in terms of memory.
> 
> Also have a couple of TurboChannel mono cards and a spare 5k/200
> motherboard (the PSU was dead). 
> 
> 
> Free to good homes...
> 
> Would prefer collection by interested parties (from SF Bay Area).
> 
> 
> Anyone interested? If there's a rush (hard to imagine!), preference 
> given to people wanting/needing complete machines.
> 
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> AS