[SunRescue] Piles and piles of Sun stuff to dispose of (hopefully!)

[Jason Fayre]

I could use a keyboard and a monitor if any of the monitors work.


On Thu, 1 Mar 2001, J. S. Connell wrote:

> The company I work for is in the process of cleaning out their labs and
> storage closets and store rooms and whatnot and are throwing out piles of
> older Sun stuff -- mostly keyboards, mice, older/broken monitors, cables --
> at a tremendous rate.
>
> Downstairs there are currently two large bins full of keyboards, mice,
> mouse pads (both Sun-emblazoned cloth pads and metal optical pads -- sorry,
> type unknown yet), manuals, and every sort of cable known to modern (and
> not-so-modern) science.  I'm going to go downstairs once I finish up my
> work for today and try to itemize everything that's there.
>
> At this point, I've managed to secure "theoretical" permission to haul it
> all away, given that it's going into the garbage otherwise, but I'm still
> trying to get clearance from the security dept. to remove it from the
> premises, and trying to figure out what I am and am not allowed to do with
> it, disposal-wise.
>
> I guess this is just a post to find out how many people out there are
> interested in cabling, keyboards, and mice (more specifics forthcoming!).
>
> I'm also told that there's a big stack of IPXes that are going to be
> pitched out soon.  I'll provide more details on the number, kind, and
> status just as soon as I know anything.
>
> So please email me if you have a use for the stuff.  Unfortunately I don't
> know yet whether I'm going to be required to give them away, or sell them
> on behalf of my employer, or given free rein to do whatever I want, so
> please don't ask, I'll post as soon as I can find out.  I'm sorry I can't
> be any more specific at this time -- the dumpsters just materialized not
> two hours ago.
>
> Oh, it might help if I point out that despite the email address that points
> to New Zealand, I'm actually located in Fremont, CA.
>
> And finally, the head of the IS department has run across two Sun part
> numbers in her part list that she can't identify, and would like to ask for
> your help:
>
> 370-2162 ASSY, 150MHZ, HYPERSPARC MODULE
> 501-2996 ASSY, PCB, 0MB, CPU, TAZMO
>
> Any light you can shed on what they are and/or what they're for would be
> very much appreciated - in particular, what a Ross CPU module is doing on a
> from-Sun part list, and what machine it might be used in.  The "tazmo"
> part is a complete mystery to us.
>
> Thanks very much in advance,
>
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