In the "I have my suspicions" dept.

From: William Donzelli <william_at_ans.net>
Date: Sun Aug 2 19:21:43 1998

I finally took a good look at that new PDP-11/23 I purchased some time
ago. It seems to have some normal looking DEC cards in it (LSI-11/2,
others). It does, however, have an interesting looking card set from
Associated Computer Consultants, called "MDMA" (as far as I can tell). It
appears to be from the mid-1980s. One card contains some sort of engine,
with ROMs and (4) 2901s. The other card contains a bunch of glue and
interface stuff, and has a connection to a big round military type
connector (the modern versions of the Cannon connector) on the back panel
of the chassis marked "IMP".

Being that this computer came from a certain spooky branch of the
U.S., that "IMP" looks awfully suspicious. Could this little DEC box have
been slated for the ARPAnet, but came just a little too late?

All I have is the processor - no drives or OS, so I can not tell much if I
power it up.

William Donzelli
william_at_ans.net
Received on Sun Aug 02 1998 - 19:21:43 BST

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