interested in obtaining early workstations

[Chris M]

I'm in New Jersey currently, but that's likely to
change in a matter of weeks (n.e. Pennsylvania
probably). The Tek stuph is the most interesting to
me. 

--- Jules Richardson <julesrichardsonuk at yahoo.co.uk>
wrote:

> 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
> 



		
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