sad to report...

[Robert Armstrong]

>Don North wrote:

> When I worked for DEC back in the late 70s / early 80s, they had a 
> wonderful scrap / salvage center in the Mill complex (basement of 
> building 5 IIRC) that sold off  'scrapped' DEC parts to 
> employees that would have otherwise gone to the smelter. Just about
anything 
> DEC made could show up there (albeit in pieces, not whole systems).

  Sadly, it's all true.  DEC scrap was a wonderful place and, yes, I knew
more than one DEC employee who had an amazing system in their home's
basement made out of "scrap" parts.  I also worked for DEC in the early 80s,
but not in New England so I only go to visit the Mill on occasion.

Bob