[rescue] Need to get rid of my sun collection

[Dave McGuire]

   We can arrange a truck trip, if you're willing to send sufficient 
stuff to our museum to warrant that.

   (For those unaware, LSSM is a public nonprofit brick-and-mortar 
museum in Pittsburgh, and is a 501(c)(3) public charity.)

            -Dave

On 1/18/25 12:15, Robert Reif via rescue wrote:
> 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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>>
>>
> 
> 
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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA