On Fri, Jul 09, 2004 at 09:26:16AM -0400, Phil Smith III wrote: > > and David Boyes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> added: > >This weekend, NASA JSC in Houston is finally auctioning off their > >System/360 reserve parts depot from the Apollo shots (they need > >somewhere to put the 3090-400E parts...8-)). > > One wonders who (besides Peter Ward) actually *needs* S/360 parts any more. > I'm afraid to think...the FCC? NRC? NORAD?
Mostly copper, gold and precious metals dealers, I'm afraid. A /67 had close to 4-5 ounces of gold alone in contact plating and other bits. For the handyman types, just think: 31,752 nuts and bolts to sort, connectors galore, and enough 8" fans to suck up a neighborhood's worth of housing association whiners... Still, it's a shame to see it pass away. Especially all that stuff in untouched original packing. And full CE manuals. And tools. And the IBM steel cabinets for storing the stuff. And a HDA lift kit. .... *waaah* -- db ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
