[HECnet] If I had the spare room for it...

[Brian Hechinger]

You’d definitely want *something* padded, although I’m not sure a van is the right thing….

/me runs

:)

-brian

> On Apr 30, 2015, at 6:20 PM, John H. Reinhardt <johnhreinhardt at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> Good point.  Very few people will toss out that kind of money and let the result go to waste.  If I had that kind of $$$, I'd be hauling it to VCF every chance I could.  Maybe buy a padded van just for the occasion. ;)
> 
> At least I'd like to think so.
> 
>  John H. Reinhardt
> 
> On 4/30/2015 6:08 PM, Dave McGuire wrote:
>> 
>>   I think that, when you start talking those sorts of numbers, it's
>> probably going to a good home where it will be taken care of and
>> appreciated.  I just hope it doesn't disappear into a "black hole"
>> personal collection of a reclusive person and not even get talked about
>> or shown off.  Too much stuff, particularly big IBM stuff, suffers that
>> fate.  Then the wives end up having it all hauled off for scrap when the
>> guy dies.
>> 
>>               -Dave
>> 
>> On 04/30/2015 05:58 PM, John H. Reinhardt wrote:
>>> And it sold for $10,099.00  Wow. Someone really wanted it.  I hope
>>> someone good got it.
>>> 
>>> John H. Reinhardt
>>> 
>>> On 4/27/2015 4:55 PM, lee.gleason at comcast.net wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>    I'd buy this in a flash....
>>>> 
>>>> http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-DEC-DIGITAL-PDP-11-70-16-BIT-MINI-COMPUTER-TE16-EA-MAG-TAPE-DRIVE-/331537471267?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4d312c5723
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> --
>>>> 
>>>> Lee K. Gleason N5ZMR
>>>> Control-G Consultants
>>>> lee.gleason at comcast.net
>>> 
>> 
>> 
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