Subject: Waste (was 4000/VLC)
To: None <port-vax@netbsd.org>
From: Andy Ball <kb9ylw@cyberspace.org>
List: port-acorn26
Date: 06/24/2002 23:18:40
Hello Robin!
RK> Right side of the pond - Wrong country *sigh*. I've
> been looking to get hold of a VAXstation 4000/30 VLC
> for a while now but haven't found anything other than
> VAXstations 3100s. The United Kingdom must be
> VAXless...
I once saw a room at Swindon College that was literally
stuffed with MicroVAXen from floor to ceiling. I can only
hope that someone there thought more of them than just "non
PC-compatibles" and that they didn't just end up piled in a
skip (dumpster for our U.S. counterparts ;-)
Come to think of it, I have nightmares about skips full of
Archimedes machines - replaced with PCs by people who just
do not comprehend the imensely powerful opportunity to shape
young minds that's being thrown away along with the RISC
workstatations. :-(
Regards,
- Andy Ball.