[rescue] Need to get rid of my sun collection

[Robert Reif]

Hi Dave,

I also have a large collection of magazines (Byte, Dr Dobbs, 
Microsystems, ...) and some Byte and Creative Computing books.  I have a 
lot of digital design textbooks from the 70s and 80s and computer 
graphics books from the 80s. I'll give them to LSSM. Otherwise I'll sell 
them. They are easier to ship than hardware.

Dave McGuire via rescue wrote:
>
>   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:
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>>>   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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