Sorry for the bandwidth, but I wrote to:
 
> Kosack ([log in to unmask]) wrote:
> :   I need a 3000!!!!  Sooooo bad.  I just have to make sure the school
> : admin will let me get one.  I've been 3000 less for the past 6 months.
> : I've never heard of a 30 though.  What IS it?  A MPE III sys?  Gimme details.
> : How much to ship?  I have no idea how heavy it is, only how heavy/big a
> : 947 is...
...and it bounced.
 
If you are interested in an old HP 3000 that is free, it's only 12 hours
down the Interstate from you.  Contact me directly for more details.  It's
a Series 42 just being turned off after faithful service.  Lots of spare
parts, docs, discs, tapes, ports, RAM, boards, etc.  Runs MPE-V.  Will
support up to 10 users without putting them all to sleep at the same time.
No, it won't connect to the Internet.
 
OTOH, if you want a machine that despite the fact that it actually costs
money will run fast and ships via UPS, get a 947.  We use one for our
administrative processing and it's a real zinger.
 
If you're running applications you bought from vendor(s), you need a
current machine.
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