[rescue] Need to get rid of my sun collection

[Robert Reif]

Hi Dave,

I realized after I sent this that I forgot to mention where I live.  I'm 
in Orlando FL.

Good to here the DEC stuff went to a good home.

Thanks,

Bob

Dave McGuire via rescue wrote:
>
>   Your DEC stuff is now at LSSM.
>
>   We at LSSM have a strong interest in your Sun VME hardware, the 
> Intel MDS, and your DG stuff.  Possibly the databooks.  It will have a 
> good home there.  I don't remember from way back; where are you located?
>
>               -Dave
>
> On 1/18/25 11:52, Robert Reif via rescue wrote:
>> I'm a retired hardware/software engineer and I have a large sun 
>> collection I need to get rid of to make space because my recently 
>> handicapped daughter and my two grandchildren will be moving in with 
>> me.  I would like to donate it or give it to collectors.  I don't 
>> have the time to itemize it and sell it.
>>
>> I have multiples of most sun4 and sun4m systems ranging from 690MP, 
>> 670MP, 630MP, all the lunch boxes and pizza boxes. I have many boxes 
>> of spare VME boards, sbus and mbus modules and spare motherboards. I 
>> also have a few 64 bit systems. Probably around 50 systems total. I 
>> also have monitors, keyboards, mice, cables, external CD and tape 
>> drives including a 9 track, multiport serial, printer with spare 
>> cartridges, books, manuals and software.
>>
>> I also have an Intel blue box development system from the 80's (minus 
>> keyboard), 2 data general 8 inch rack mount SMD hard drives, a Kaypro 
>> computer and a lot of other miscellaneous stuff.
>>
>> I also have a lot of hardware data books from the late 70's, 80s, and 
>> 90s.  These will go in the trash if no one is interested.
>>
>> All this has been sitting untouched for over 20 years.  I planned to 
>> play with it again when I retired but that never happened.
>>
>> I'm in the process of moving some of the stuff to a storage unit.
>>
>> I also have an sgi collection and a large CompuPro S-100 collection 
>> that I might be willing to sell in the future.
>>
>> I gave Dave McGuire my small DEC collection about 20 years ago when 
>> he lived in Florida.
>>
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