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From: pavlov@canisius.UUCP (Greg Pavlov)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec
Subject: Re: Market values of uVaxen?
Message-ID: <2736@canisius.UUCP>
Date: 2 Jul 90 04:33:19 GMT
References: <121@isl.stanford.edu>
Organization: Canisius College, Buffalo N.Y. 14208
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In article <121@isl.stanford.edu>, ning@isl.Stanford.EDU (Paul C. Ning) writes:
> 
> I'd like to get a rough idea of how much the following systems would go for 
> in the marketplace.  We're considering replacing them....
> 
> 1) uVaxII/GPX (BA123 floorstand enclosure)
>    5MB RAM, 70MB RD53, TK50 95MB tape drive, 2 135MB Wren-3 disks with
>    controller, DEUNA Ethernet board, 8-line serial board
> 2) uVaxII (BA123 floorstand enclosure)
     (...with somewhat similar config)

  If selling these is crucial to purchasing new equipment, then you may want
  to get quotes on trade-in values from DEC. 

  As far as selling to dealers, the following seems to hold (it did for us):

   1. operating system licenses are important.  VMS is "worth" more;
   2. depending on whom you talk to and when, items such as RD53's, TK50's, and
      DEC serial boards tend to be hard to get rid of for ANY money; you are 
      likely to be told that someone already has too many in stock as it is.


      greg pavlov, fstrf, amherst, ny