{"id":3623,"date":"2019-09-30T21:38:55","date_gmt":"2019-09-30T21:38:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/avitech.com.au\/?page_id=3623"},"modified":"2019-09-30T21:38:55","modified_gmt":"2019-09-30T21:38:55","slug":"garage-sale-on-sat-5-october-2019","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/avitech.com.au\/?page_id=3623","title":{"rendered":"Garage Sale on Sat 5 October 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m doing something of a clean out of vintage computer gear, due to downsizing.<\/p>\n<p>This Saturday (5 October 2019) from 9am to 5pm.<\/p>\n<p>Factory 71, 22 Dunn Crescent, Dandenong<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a partial list of what will be available (this list will be updated on Friday):<\/p>\n<h4>The Free Pile<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>DEC Networking equipment (DELNI etc)<\/li>\n<li>DEC terminal servers (DECserver 200 etc)<\/li>\n<li>MicroVAX 3100 desktop computers and storage expansion boxes<\/li>\n<li>ESDI and SDI 5.25&#8243; hard drives<\/li>\n<li>Rack-mounted SMD drives (approx 4 x Fujitsu)<\/li>\n<li>DEC RA81 SDI rack-mounted drive<\/li>\n<li>Surplus QBUS boards<\/li>\n<li>2 x DEC LP25 line printers<\/li>\n<li>Texas Instruments 810 printer<\/li>\n<li>Lots of hard-to-find DEC cables (monitor cables, SDI cables, etc)<\/li>\n<li>Original VAX VMS distribution media (mag tapes)<\/li>\n<li>Lots of DEC documentation<\/li>\n<li>Lots more!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>The cheap pile<\/h4>\n<p>I&#8217;ll also be selling a bunch of stuff at much less than eBay prices:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>QBUS backplanes: $20<\/li>\n<li>DEC BA23 enclosures in desk-side stands: $80<\/li>\n<li>Pedestal model MicroVAXes: $50<\/li>\n<li>DEC BA123 fitted out as MicroVAX 2 or 3: $100<\/li>\n<li>DEC Rainbows (main unit, cables and keyboard, no monitor): $80<\/li>\n<li>DEC VT220 terminals: $80<\/li>\n<li>DEC VT320 terminals: $80<\/li>\n<li>8&#8243; floppy disks: $1\/each<\/li>\n<li>8&#8243; floppy drives: $50\/each<\/li>\n<li>Complete PDP-11 system in half-height Webster cabinet with 8&#8243; floppy, hard drive and tape drive: $200<\/li>\n<li>Complete PDP-11 system in full DEC rack (H960) with lots of options and drives: $400<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m doing something of a clean out of vintage computer gear, due to downsizing. This Saturday (5 October 2019) from 9am to 5pm. Factory 71, 22 Dunn Crescent, Dandenong Here&#8217;s a partial list of what will be available (this list will be updated on Friday): The Free Pile DEC Networking equipment (DELNI etc) DEC terminal ..<\/p>\n<div class=\"clear-fix\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/avitech.com.au\/?page_id=3623\" title=\"read more...\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3623","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P7xTsk-Wr","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1468,"url":"https:\/\/avitech.com.au\/?page_id=1468","url_meta":{"origin":3623,"position":0},"title":"Pertec T8640A Tape Transport","author":"malcolm","date":"3-January-2017","format":false,"excerpt":"I have a Pertec T8640A Tape Transport that is now working nicely on a QBUS PDP-11 system. 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