[HECnet] The Straw...

Hi, Well this is kinda sad but inevitable. I have been considering for some time surrendering my DEC/VMS systems to the community in some form or other for a while as they aren?t being used at all. The announcement from HPE that they are closing the Hobbyist programme and VSI?s reluctance/non-committal attitude to Hobbyists has pushed me towards Feeling like they aren?t worth hanging onto anymore. I am also at the stage where I may as well move on some other stuff that?s sitting gathering dust too. Thus I have the following machines that I will surrender to a good home. They are mostly collect-only from UK LN11 Postcode area: = VAXstation 4000/60 - Free. It was a freebie to me from Matt Burke and has matching keyboard and mouse, so I?m spreading the joy. - It?s in very clean and well kept condition. Can supply VGA compatible video cable. - Collect only. Sorry. It?s too fragile for me to pack and hip without taking out shares in a bubblewrap company = DEC Alpha PWS 600au - A reasonable monetary offer will take this, as a guide I?d say GBP50 but make offers I?m not going to ask a lot for it if you can collect it. - There s chance I, might be able to ship this as it?s not too fragile and is PC shaped so I have a box it might fit in. = HP zx6000 rack mount dual Itantium (2x 12GHz, 24GB RAM) - Again, reasonable offers around GBP50 will take this = IBM Intellistation 9111-285 POWER workstation - I love it but it\s hug and ornery and way too power hungry for my electric bill - It?s a single core somewhere in the 1.8GHZ ballpark from memory. Last I checked the PSU was fine. - It comes with a plethora of drive sleds, graphics cards (all IBM GXP cards that work in AIX) and probably some AIX Media. - Feel free to take it for free. The space is worth more to me than the computer at this stage! = A couple of Top Gun blue DEC SCSI StorageWorks boxes with sleds and drives and interface cards. One has a 40X Plextor CDROM in one of the big chunky bay adapters. All contact should be taken off-list unless the questions are relevant to other prospective takers. Thanks. ? Mark