interested in obtaining early workstations

[Jules Richardson]

Chris M wrote:
> Sun 3/140 (saw one on ebay months ago, liked it). Also
> early Apollo, Tektronix, perhaps SGI, and other stuph. 

Location is helpful (partiularly country) - old workstations tend to be 
heavy and shipping costs make things prohibitive (particularly overseas)

A Sun's probably easiest to find intact - still lots around complete and 
working (exception being VME-based SPARC machines it seems), and the 
media's readily available.

Apollos tend to be really thin on the ground (manuals and Domain OS 
media even more so).

Tektronix systems still fetch real money.

SGI system units are easy enough to find but the older ones use 
proprietary keyboards - most of which seem to be missing (Indy-era 
systems and newer work with a PC-compatible keyboard so no problem with 
those). Media can be tricky to get hold of.

cheers

Jules