[chat] Pricing; Re: [SLUG] Lots of multias on offer...

[Terry Collins <terryc@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Jeff Waugh wrote:
> 
> Anyone up for shipping a few in? We'd have to be quick, and have a decent
> number for it to be worthwhile.
> 
> - Jeff
> 
> ----- Forwarded message from Tom Crabtree <tccrab@xxxxxxxxxx> -----
> 
> Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2001 08:28:28 -0700
> From: Tom Crabtree <tccrab@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Multia's for Sale
> 
> Hi All!
> 
> I'm looking to unload a big bag full of Multia's.
> Any reasonable offer will be considered.
> 
> I currently have:
> 31 each VX51B-F2 (100mhz Pentium) 24mb Ram, 340mb IDE HD, Floppy
> 16 each VX40B-F2 (166mhz Alpha) 16mb Ram, Floppy drive, No HD's (SCSI)
> 
> These do NOT include stands, monitors, keyboards, or mice.  Most if not
> all will probably need a battery.  All were in working condition when
> removed from service.
> 
> If you need to upgrade memory, I can help you there also.
> Ram (72pin True Parity Simms) available for upgrading memory,
> 32mb Simm $50 each,
> 16mb Simm, $25 each,
> 8mb Simm, $15 each

I am interested to know what people thought the Alphas might be worth?
Yes, I know it is a question of what I am prepared to pay, but now that
some people have had them for a while, they might have some comments to
share.


For a P100, My initial thinking $100 each MAX at my doorstep. I paid
$500 for one at the markets 4 years ago (800Mb hard disk, 32Mb Ram), so
these would now be 7years + old and getting into mysterious failure
time. But $100 Aus for 32Mb of Ram is expensive and we are talking $200
for 64Mb just to do something. I think the P100 take a maximum of three
Simms. So, as something with performance, I think I would be better
buying a Cyrix III 500 +mobo  + 64Mb of Ram for about $350.

As offered, the P100 is a nice little boxen. IDE internal boot disk, NCR
SCSI port, AUI, coax or UTP networking, 2 PCMCIA slots, etc. 1 Internal
PCI slot, or second hard disk. They would be okay for a firewall boxen,
run a capture card, etc, i.e. no X. 

There is still the problem with stands. I've asked about shipping. He
says max weight (single boxen packed) is 10lbs (pounds for you young
people {:-). At this stage, I am only tempted to offer $US20 each for a
P100 and maybe take five. (firewall, dns, WWW server, mail server, video
capture cards), but shipping needs to be considered.

Was there a problem with customs duty last time?






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