I have spoken with him, this sounds like a good deal. There were two
machines left, I bought one, that means there's only one left.

I don't have it yet, but he says it is in good shape cosmetically and
outfitted as described. Apparently they were used for some research project
at a college in NY state.

I'll post to the list when I get it with comments.

Kevin

At 05:41 PM 96/12/19 -0500, you wrote:
>
>  I'm breaking a personal rule by doing this, but a few people have asked me
>about it...I just saw this in misc.forsale.computers.workstation.  I have no
>affiliation with this person, nor have I dealt with him in the past.  I'm
>merely passing this on because it's a cheap source for some '2000 gear.
>
>
>                  -Dave McGuire
>
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>From: weber@wizvax.net (michael weber)
>Newsgroups: misc.forsale.computers.workstation
>Subject: FS: VAX Stations, $50, Model 2000
>Date: Mon, 09 Dec 1996 13:20:15 GMT
>Organization: Wizvax Communications, Troy, N.Y. 12180 USA
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>I have the following items available for sale:
>
>8 DEC Vax Stations, Model 2000.  I opened one of them up and it had
>4MB of RAM, a Seagate ST-251 hard drive, built-in BNC port, and a DEC
>VS40X Plane Color Option.  I am asking $40 each.
>
>8 DEC 19" Color Monitors.  These monitors, Model VR290-DA, were
>designed for use with Digital VAX Stations.  They can be adapted for
>use with a PC, and offer a VGA quality picture.  I can sell them for
>$150 each (a real steal).  If you need a PC adapter, one of the fine
>people I have met on-line will build one for an additional $100.
>
>PS/2 External Floppy Drives.  I have about 40 of them, at $10 each (2
>for $15).  Even if you do not need the drive, the case can be used to
>house any external half height device.
>
>5 Zenith VGA monitors, model ZCM1492.  These are 13" diagonal square
>screen monitors.  They are $75 each.
>
>8 DEC Vax Stations, Model 2000.  I opened one of them up and it had
>4MB of RAM, a Seagate ST-251 hard drive, built-in BNC port, and a DEC
>VS40X Plane Color Option.  I am asking $40 each.
>
>8 DEC 19" Color Monitors.  These monitors, Model VR290-DA, were
>designed for use with Digital VAX Stations.  They can be adapted for
>use with a PC, and offer a VGA quality picture.  I can sell them for
>$150 each (a real steal).  If you need a PC adapter, one of the fine
>people I have met on-line will build one for an additional $100.
>
>Zenith PCs.  I received quite a few of these, and am packaging them
>with a keyboard and a Zenith EGA color monitor for $23.  These PCs are
>fully functional, and include a 20MB hard drive.
>
>Keyboards.  More AT keyboards from Zenith, AST, Digital, and others.
>Only $8 each (all keys intact).
>
>If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to call or send an
>e-mail.
>
>Thank you,
>
>Michael Weber
>weber@wizvax.net
>(518) 432-8461
>
>

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Kevin McQuiggin VE7ZD
mcquiggi@sfu.ca