Digital Equipment stuff available

[Fred N. van Kempen]

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Will Roberts [mailto:oldbear at arctos.com]
> Sent: Sunday, April 04, 2004 1:51 AM
> To: Classic Computer tech list
> Subject: Digital Equipment stuff available
> 
> 
> 
> It's finally come to that time when I have to reduce the amount
> of stuff I have been hoarding.  (My wife wants to move to a smaller
> house.)
> 
> I have a number of items of DEC hardware and software from around
> 1980.  I haven't done a complete inventory, but among the items
> are:
> 
>        2  Rainbow 100 personal computers both with hard disk
>           (5mB? 10mB?), extended memory and accessory "I-drive"
>           for reading IBM pc-format double sided diskettes.
> 
>        1  Decmate II word-processor using PDP-8 architecture
>           in a form factor similar to the Rainbow.
> 
>        1  Decmate word-processor.  This is a the VT-100 type
>           terminal containing a PDP-8 processor, mounted on
>           a pedestal base which contains dual 8-inch floppy
>           drives and power supply.  (The VT-100 type keyboard
>           has some missing key caps.)
> 
>        3  VR-201 monitors (At least one is amber, the others
>           are green and possibly white phosphor CRTs.)
> 
>        2  VR-241 RGB color monitors incl. BNC cables.
> 
>        1  VT-240 serial terminal
> 
>        3  LK-201 keyboards.  Two of these have the "gold key"
>           word processing key caps.
> 
>        1  Floor stand for Rainbow.  Holds system unit in a
>           vertical position.  Designed by DEC for proper
>           airflow.
> 
>        1  LQP-02 wide letter-quality impact printer.
> 
>        1  Diablo 620 daisy-wheel impact printer with selectable
>           serial or parallel interface.
> 
>        2  LA-50 dot matrix printers.
> 
>        2  DECpc 420sx personal computers.
> 
>        Interconnecting cables for the monitors and printers, etc.
> 
>        Many various "DEC certified" software packages.
> 
>        3rd party software for things like graphic design,
>        calendaring, telecom, etc.
> 
>        DEC handbooks, support documents, catalogs of DEC and
>        3rd party software, users group newsletters, early
>        FIDO bbs software and manuals, transcripts of online
>        discussions about DEC pc hardware, and more.
> 
>        Several boxes of 8-inch diskettes for use in the
>        RX01 drives of the Decmate I.  Color plastic storage
>        boxes for these diskettes.   Also, DEC-formatted
>        5.25-inch diskettes for Rainbow and DECmate II.
> 
>        Printer ribbons, extra daisy-wheels in many fonts,
>        some internal components such as OEM disk mounting
>        hardware and cables for the Rainbows, etc.
> 
> 
> I am located in an inner suburb of Boston and would like to send all
> this stuff to be adopted by a good home.
> 
> If interested, please email me at oldbear at arctos.com
> 
> Regards,
> Will
> 
> 
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