WTT: MITS Altair 8800 for DEC PDP-8

From: Wirehead Prime <wirehead_at_retrocomputing.com>
Date: Fri Jan 2 18:41:27 1998

Well dernit =-) I just worked out a deal so that I'll be retrieving
*3* PDP-8/Is in the next two weeks, weather permitting. Yes, that's
right...*3* of them. =-) And possibly an 11/34A (wee hoo) and some
other gear as well as documentation. Also a Linc, which I'm ashamed to
admit I'm much less familiar with though I have seen mention of it on
some of the other web pages. (I'll be researching that!)

Ummmmm...yeah...the uh 'I' WAS the Straight 8! Yeah that's the ticket!
Wanna trade, Jim? =-)

Wirehead - Anthony Clifton

> Since it seems that there are as many people out there looking for Altairs
> as are looking for PDP-8's, and the original PDP-8 ('straight' 8) is the
> one major model of the line that seems to keep eluding me, I'm offering the
> following:
>
> ---
>
> One electronically restored and functional MITS Altair 8800 (the original,
> not the later 'a' or 'b' series), 16k of static memory, MITS serial card,
> complete documentation set, and a set of MITS (Microsoft) Altair BASIC
> paper tapes (4k, 8k, 12k version) and other paper tape based utilities.
> (NOTE: memory is non-MITS, docs may be mix of original and reprints)
>
> In trade for:
>
> One Digital Equipment Corporpation PDP-8 (original, not later 'i', 'e',
> etc... series), with 4k or more of core, and serial (teletype) control.
> Any additional options welcome. Desktop configuration desired, but
> rackmount configuration perfectly acceptable. Documentation and
> engineering prints desired as is any original software (diags, languages,
> etc.), but lack of same does not disqualify. Functional unit desired, but
> non-functional units will be considered as long as they are complete (all
> cards, modules, etc.) and have no unusual physical damage.
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