[HECnet] DEC 4000/500 from years ago

[Brian Hechinger]

I ran them for a good long while then moved and they sat in storage for 
an even longer time.

Earlier this year I was trying to find them a home as we were moving to 
Portugal and I couldn't bring them with me. I spent a good while trying 
to find them a home to no avail. A couple bits of interest but nothing 
ever came through.

I ended up gutting them and sending all the useful bits to Dave McGuire. 
Sadly the two chassis went to the scrapper.

On 31/10/21 15:09, Mark G Thomas wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Around 2007 I gave away my pair of 4000/500A systems, I believe to
> Brian Hechinger. They were taking up way too much space in the dining
> room, and that I just wasn't that interested in putting the time
> and money into sustaining the pair. I also really wanted SCSI storage,
> but Q-BUS SCSI controllers were way out of my financial reach at the
> time.
>
> Since then, circumstances have changed, and with renewed interest, I
> acquired a BA23 Q-BUS MicroVAX, and eventually a Q-BUS SCSI controller,
> but nothing that came close to those 4000/500As.
>
> Some years later, I believe Brian moved, and offered these up again
> on one of these lists, or maybe CCTALK, but I missed that posting
> until too late, and lost track of who ended up with those.
>
> If these are in use, I wish whoever has them the best, and am extremely
> glad at least they did not end up scrapped; I did my part towards that.
>
> However, if whoever has them is no longer using them, I am here and
> interested in whether one or both might be available.
>
> I hope this is an appropriate posting, and it is not misunderstood by
> those involved.
>
> Mark
>