I still have a rainbow or two and a lot of extra parts. If anyone is interested, please contact me off list.\
Thanks, Paul On Tue, Jun 18, 2019 at 10:54 PM Warner Losh via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > On Tue, Jun 18, 2019 at 8:08 PM Ray Jewhurst via cctalk < > cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > > Hello all, I have been a student of computer history for years but have > > only learned how to use classic machines vicariously through emulation. > I > > would really like to get my own classic computer but I don't know where > to > > begin. For one, I am on a very limited income and two I don't have a lot > > of space and finally I don't have much knowledge on the finer points of > the > > older hardware i.e. terminals networking, etc. I would really like a > > Vaxstation but I have also considered a '90s workstation such as an SGI > > Indy or a SparcStation. I am pretty fluent in both VMS and Unix so any > of > > those would work. So where do I look besides e-Bay? I see some > available > > here but none near me. I'm in the Detroit area. Any advice would be > > appreciated. I do know that I do now want a Mac or old PC. I would like > > something more exotic. (Although it might me neat to own a Rainbow.) > > > All the cool kids had DEC Rainbows... though to be honest, maybe I'm biased > since the DEC Rainbow 100B was my first computer and I'm currently on a DEC > Rainbow VENIX boondoggle trying too reconstruct frmo v7 and sys III sources > now available the original Venix 86R source code... :) > > Though I'm sure all that other stuff is cool too... > > Warner > > P.S. I had a VMS Forever bumper sticker on my car for a few years thanks to > an ex-girlfriend that knew me tooo well :) >