Well, Bill considered that these Intel Multibus boxes are interesting systems to some, as they are to others like us who used them in the 1970's era. It's quite a pile. If they look in sad condition, well, they look well used and they *are* half a century old. I'm old myself but hopefully not so sad looking! These blue-boxes reflect the state of the art, of industrial microcomputing development, going into the late 1970's. Also consider: there's members of this list outside of New Jersey. It's quite an auction, an estate sale, so for some it's an opportunity. Not much notice, as I post this it's the first day of the auction already. Still, it's interesting to see these things "in the wild", and see they pop up for sale decades after most were scrapped. If some people had not rescued yesterday's computers from the scrap pile, like the person who owned this estate, they would not be available to us today. regards Herb Johnson

William Sudbrink [replied]

I guess it depends on how badly you want an Intel MDS system. When I was younger and perhaps more foolish, I would have taken tomorrow off and made a day of it.

On 11/1/2023 6:52 PM, Sentrytv wrote:

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I guess we’re all supposed to just go run out to North Carolina, not.

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On Nov 1, 2023, at 5:24 PM, William Sudbrink wrote:

https://www.estatesales.net/NC/Concord/28025/3829305

You have to scroll down some, but there's a huge pile of Intel MDS in this estate sale.

-- Herbert R. Johnson, New Jersey USA https://www.retrotechnology.com OR .net preserve, recover, restore 1970's computing email: hjohnson AT retrotechnology DOT com or try later herbjohnson AT comcast DOT net