PDP11/34 Being Retired and Scrapped

From: Brett <danjo_at_xnet.com>
Date: Sun Jun 7 16:03:42 1998

The REAL sad thing is, James, I would have done the PLC program for the
11/34 and shipping... And what do you mean by 'promised to a scrap yard',
what did he do for the company as his end of the bargain??? 8-)

On Sun, 7 Jun 1998, James L. Rice wrote:
> A plant at which I work is retiring a PDP11/34 and two Industrial I/O
> racks later this month. This machine has at least two sets of spare
> boards and even a spare hard drive as well as a complete set of
> manuals. It has been under a DEC service contract and has been running
> 24/7 for the last 20 years. After I transfer control of the furnaces to
> AB PLC's later this month, the DEC has been promised to a scrap yard in
> the Dallas area. If I can pry it away from the scrapper grasp, would
> anyone want it. I'm not into mini's so I don't want it, but I hate to
> see it get recycled for the metal.

BC
Received on Sun Jun 07 1998 - 16:03:42 BST