On Thu, 9 Dec 2021, 20:12 John Griessen, <john@...> wrote:
On 12/9/21 10:22, Jeff Dutky wrote:
They sent me some pictures of the unit from other angles, and the rest
of the case looks to be in good condition, with no obvious dents or
scratches, and no significant discoloration. The damage to the vertical
plug-ins is consistent with damage I have seen on other 7A26s and 7A18s, so
I'm not too concerned about that.
Does it have to be shipped? That can be the end of a 7904 if not packed
well.
They can be surprisingly tough. I bought my 7904A mainframe from eBay in
the US for an absurdly low price because it had no plugins. It came via the
eBay shipping program and arrived here in Poland in an enormous cardboard
box full of polystyrene chips. That was the only packing. It Just Worked
and met spec. To this day it occasionally emits the odd polystyrene chip,
though.
Chris
