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A local businessman has recently upgraded his in-house system to a
microvax and has offered to "sell" me his old, but functional, PDP 11/23
for scrap value.

Now by scrap value, I'm talking under $500, so at least I know that it
will cost me no more than that.  However, I recently let my subscriptions
to the DEC related trade rags slide and I find myself without any means
of contacting any of the resellers/buyers of DEC equipment who might have
been able to give me an idea of what the worth of the system is.

I'd be interested in hearing from someone who can give me an idea,
forget the drives etc, just the cpu.  Or who can put me in contact with
one or more buyers.

Finally, he is erasing the OS (RT11, I believe) as he says that DEC said
he couldn't give it to me.  And ethically, if that is indeed the case, I
wouldn't feel right about asking for it "under the table".  So, my final
query is, does anyone know of a PD Unix/look-alike or inexpensive
commercial version for the system, or does someone have a copy they can
sell/donate.

BTW, the system has two RL02's and two rodime HD's in an external
expansion box.  I'd also be interested in your opinions concerning the
usefullness (non-commercial) of this box as well the feasibility of
upgrading it, etc.

To save bandwidth, please reply via e-mail.

Many thanks!

Noel
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Noel B. Del More             |                             decvax!ubbs-nh!noel
17 Meredith Drive            |                             noel@ubbs-nh.mv.com 
Nashua, New Hampshire  03063 | It's unix me son!  `taint spozed tah make cents