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In <1992Sep29.161726.1@venus.ycc.yale.edu> obrien@venus.ycc.yale.edu writes:

>This is not entirely true.  Such a machine often contains components which are
>valuable in their own right, such as hard disks and tape drives.  Certainly the
>older VAXes and MicroVAXes aren't such speedy computers, but you have to
>consider what you're getting in parts, too.  Just my humble opinion.

Yes.. but you gotta be careful with DEC.. at the hottest VAX time
they tweaked everything to be hard to recognize.. the uVAX disk drives are
more or less normal PC disks.. from that time.. small and slow.

But it is hard to find out which kind of disk it is actually, because
DEC has changed all labels and modified the casing..

DEC tape drives are useful, if you need DEC spare parts.. 

DEC power supplies.. some them have a thermostat controlled fans etc,
but they lack power.. you can't even use all disk slots in a uVAX II
case.

So you must be a DEC HW guru to do anything with used DEC gear..
I used to be at PDP time, but then DEC started to hold information,
and it became too tedious.

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