Sigh,

If you can get a "lot" of VAXen for $40 then there isn't much of a problem 
now is there? :-) It costs $20 to rent a U-haul truck (plus mileage) guess 
on driving it maybe 40 miles, so figure 8 gal gas + 0.20 a mile you're 
looking at a total investment of $44 to show up with a truck. Now you bid 
on the lot and win it for $40, they help you load it and you drive off with it.

Now if you want to not have a net expense, take inventory of what you got, 
pick some juicy piece, and sell it on Ebay. If that doesn't cover your 
expenses try again until your net investment is $0. Generally any set of a 
"lot" of VAXen will have one or two SCSI controllers in them. That will 
help tremendously in using various VAXen. If you can't store it you can 
always offer it here and some of us will be heppy to pay the freight outta 
there, some can pick it up. And of course you can always just pull the 
boards, drives, etc and then scrap the rest. A lot of resellers do that.

--Chuck

At 03:05 PM 5/17/01 -0400, M J Dowden wrote:
>     I was at a surplus property auction where they had a "lot" of DEC 
> gear that included several MicroVAX 3800's, a box the size of a VAX 6000 
> (with no name plate), misc. line printers, DAT's, UPS's, etc. It went for 
> $40. The lot would have filled a small truck and therein lies the problem.
>     Is anyone on this list in the Richmond, Virginia area and interested 
> in dividing up future auction lots? A truck would be needed. Perhaps we 
> could rent one and drop off parts of the lot at several locations?
>
>     Best regards,
>     M J Dowden