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Re: ?Guess what workstation I am.

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From: E.C. Loyd
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 13:32
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In article <47.2aaa29e2@forthd.uucp> johnl@espace writes:
>
>   
> 	I have a friend that got a pallet load of the following 
>        DEC workstations:
> 
>         They say KODAK on the box, but the sticker on the back says
> 	VID08.  It has a MVII cpu, 6 (or more, don't recall) megs of
> 	memory, a mono VR419 19 in monitor & ethernet connections.
> 
> 	What this apparently was used for was some kind of publishing
> 	system Kodak sold. Kodak has not been helpful with info.
> 
> 	What can you use these for?  Are they worth anything?
> 
> 	Thanks -   johnl@espace
> 

Sounds like the Kodak KIMS workstations.  Here in Rochester (where Kodak
is based) they were basically throwing them on the curb.  They make good
X-terminals, and the uVAX is a perfectly good working machine.

-Eric

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Subject: Re: ?Guess what workstation I am.
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