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   Dear all,   
      
   Apologies for this semi-spam message from a long-time appreciator of classic   
   computers and nostalgic obsolete products, but I hope this will be of interest   
   to at least a few people here.   
      
   So, yes, by way of context, I've been acquiring what I consider to be   
   characterful and/or historically interesting computers for coming up to,   
   maybe, 15 years now, with the intention of being able to curate multiple,   
   interactive temporary exhibits on the    
   history of computing, but since moving continents (amongst other things), my   
   paths and passions have changed, so I am currently in the process of   
   re-testing (and repairing) my machines, and will be trying to sell them off in   
   the coming weeks and months.    
   Under different circumstances, finding people (or groups) with similar   
   interests and plans would have been an equal-first priority, but given my more   
   recent 'life changes', sale price — and the ability to better pursue my new   
   focuses — is now more of    
   a factor.   
      
   (That said, if you are (or know) a developer of an open source machine   
   emulator who could use one of these machines --- particularly one of the more   
   obscure ones --- please do get in touch, as the prospect of people being able   
   to keep older / rarer    
   operating systems and software running once the physical machines are not   
   longer available or working /is/ actually still kinda important to me, and I'd   
   be open to a lower price and/or setting up some remote access with some kind   
   of kludged-together iLO    
   and vaguely 'dual-ported' disk access via, e.g., an SD2SCSI setup.)   
      
   Although I've already listed the SuperCPU on eBay (see https://w   
   w.ebay.de/itm/163778665527), before I put the rest of them on eBay (and/or by   
   way of a heads up), I wanted to let people here know, just in case I have   
   something that someone here    
   particularly wants / needs / could use. The current list of systems I will be   
   parting with is accessible at https://docs.google.com/spreadshee   
   s/d/1QqUrO11gnn4fwAPDxqO_phKDt1M0O15G7wJxHoQrL9s but some (hopefully)   
   highlights include (*big breath*):   
      
      
   Commodore: PET 3000 systems, PET 8032-SK; various C64 / C64C and 128D systems;   
   SX-64; Music Maker keyboards (the big one, inc. SFX modules); Amiga 1000   
   DEC: MicroPDP-11/53+; MicroVAX 2000; VAXstation 4000 VLC/60/90A/96; VAX 4000   
   100A, 105; DECstation 5000/240, 260 (MIPS-based); DEC 3000/300X; Personal   
   Workstation 600au; AlphaServer 4100; AlphaServer DS20, DS25 systems;   
   Letterwriter 100; VT 101, 220, 520    
   terminals   
   Apple: IIc, IIe Platinums, IIgs; Mac 512ke, Mac Pluses; SE/30 and Quadra 700s   
   (also for running A/UX); iMac G3s and a G4   
   SUN: ELC, SPARCstation Voyager (the portable one), 5 and 20; Ultra 1; Ultra 5;   
   Netra T1-105; Enterprise T5240   
   HP: HP rx2800 Integrity2; 9000 715/100 and Visualize C110 PA-RISC systems   
   SGI: Indy and O2 systems   
      
      
   Apologies again, please feel free to contact me with any queries or reasonable   
   offers, or even if you'd just like to be kept in the loop as more machines   
   become available, and all the best.   
      
   Thanks in advance,   
      
   Peter   
      
      
   P.S. In light of the responses I've received to posts I've made elsewhere,   
   I've included a 'Default Reserve' price in the aforementioned spreadsheet.   
   I've written more about this there, but the gist of it is that, given that   
   very few of the more obscure /   
    awesome machines have gone through eBay recently, it's kinda hard for me to   
   gauge what a fair and reasonable (to me and the future buyers) price is for   
   quite a few of my machines --- I've started to put in rough figures for /some/   
   of them based upon '   
   what feels right', but if there's nothing there, please don't ask me what I   
   might want for them as I don't know yet (though do feel free to make me an   
   offer). Thanks again!   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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