[rescue] Need to get rid of my sun collection

[foo bar]

I am interested in the 9u boards. Primarily sun3/4 cpu, mem,
framebuffer, disk, etc. Also looking for one of the smaller vme
chassis.

On Sat, Jan 18, 2025 at 4:55 PM Robert Reif via rescue
<rescue at sunhelp.org> wrote:
>
> 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:
> >>>
> >>>   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.
> >>>>
> >>>> _______________________________________________
> >>>> rescue list - http://sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/rescue_sunhelp.org
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >> _______________________________________________
> >> rescue list - http://sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/rescue_sunhelp.org
> >
> >
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> rescue list - http://sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/rescue_sunhelp.org