Rainbow etc. for sale

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From: "James A. O'Brien 432-4382", 203
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 1990 18:20

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I'm considering selling my Rainbow system.  It works fine, but I'll be needing
a laptop 386-type machine, and I need some financial help!  I'd really prefer
to sell the thing complete.  Unless absolutely necessary, I don't want to split
things up.  What am I bid for the system as described below?  (Realistic
offers, please folks...)

Hardware:
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DEC Rainbow 100B system unit w/2x400k drives (1 RX-50 unit)
DEC floor stand
VR201 amber monitor
LK201AA keyboard
Rainbow graphics option card
896k RAM (maximum) 
LA50 printer
Seagate ST225 half-height 20Mb hard disk w/DEC controller card
Suitable Solutions Turbow-286 (80286 board) with 80287 installed 
Suitable Solutions 5.25" IDrive (IBM-PC compatible 360k diskette drive)
Suitable Solutions CLIKCLOK (clock/calendar chip w/10-year battery)
Suitable Solutions IBM Character Generator ROM

Software:
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Suitable Solutions MS-DOS 3.1B
Code Blue 2.1
Windows 3.0 Rainbow Adaptation Kit
WordPerfect 4.2 (Rainbow fast video version; includes VAX-template version)
TeX 3.0 (SBTeX - public domain)
Huge collection of PD software, including Rainbow Freeware set
 
Spare/unused equipment:
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8087 Numeric data coprocessor card (swapped out for Turbow-286)
DEC Technical Character Set ROM


I'll be happy to answer any questions you may have.

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OBRIEN%OBRIEN@YALEVMS                Jim O'Brien, Dept. of Chem. Engrg.
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Subject: Rainbow etc. for sale
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