Do these have front panels with lights and switches? We've been interested in
getting one to play with, but a collector's web page I saw seemed to indicate
there were versions of the PDP-8/e without operators panels as well. What all
would be required to make a "complete" system? (And what are the power
requirements? So far, my biggest machine is the IMSAI 8080 I built years
ago...)
On Tue, 20 Jan 1998 21:34:36 -0500 (EST), you wrote:
>Many of you may remember a small haul of Digital PDP-8/e minicomputers
>that Jim Willing had sniffed out. Well, things have changed a bit...
>
>It turns out there are _five_ systems in six racks (one processor may have
>missing parts), with all sorts of extra stuff (EAE, RX02s, expansion
>boxes, boatloads of core, etc.). Jim is getting one system, and I am
>getting another, still another is probably spoken for, but rest are up for
>grabs.
>
>The price?
>
>$200 gets you as much of a system as you want - CPU only, or an entire
>rack. In addition, Jim and I will need some help moving the stuff (located
>in Charleston, West Virginia), mostly in the money department. I may need
>to drive down to get the stuff in a rental truck (we take it all, or we
>take none, thus we will need a truck) next week, or, as a back up plan,
>Jim will look into shipping the stuff with a freight company. To be fair,
>I must warn anyone that their share of initial shipping (getting them to
>one of my storage locations) may be over $50.
-Bill Richman
bill_r_at_inetnebr.com
http://incolor.inetnebr.com/bill_r
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