PDP-10 (was Re: EDSAC on your desk.)

From: Buck Savage <hhacker_at_gte.net>
Date: Sun Oct 4 14:16:26 1998

Eric:

This is just the kind of restoration that interests me. Also, I noted that
in another
message, you refered to a PDP-10 simulator, the kx10. Where can I get a
copy
of the simulator? If you have information about the availability of
hardware, I
would very much like to receive same.

William R. Buckley

-----Original Message-----
From: Eric Smith <eric_at_brouhaha.com>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu>
Date: Monday, September 21, 1998 10:38 PM
Subject: PDP-10 (was Re: EDSAC on your desk.)


>Huw Davies <H.Davies_at_latrobe.edu.au> wrote:
>> It's just that there are so many circuits in a -10 that getting one to
run
>> (even when new) required a full time field service engineer
>
>As I recall, the 2060 I used to use ran for months at a time without
needing
>repair (i.e., just scheduled PM).
>
>> (our -10 was delivered in 1973 so if it were still here it'd be 25 years
>> old)
>
>Must have been a KI, then. I'm told that those were relatively easy to
keep
>running (at least compared to the KL).
>
>> I'd expect the probability of it running would be close to zero. The
>> maintenance fiche is about a foot deep....
>
>A former DEC field service engineer has told me that I'm a madman for
wanting
>to try, but he didn't put the probability anywhere near that low. The
>system was in perfect working order when it was decommissioned, and not
>much has happened to it since. Aside from testing the power supplies and
>checking for oxidation on the connectors, I'm not really expecting that
>much to be wrong with it. And I think I know where to find spare modules
>if it is necessary.
>
>Cheers,
>Eric
>
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