FW: FREE PDP-11/73 with tape drive in Cheshire

From: Bruce Lane <kyrrin_at_my-dejanews.com>
Date: Sat Sep 5 09:35:59 1998

ATTN: Rescuers in England/UK! This fellow's looking for a home for a
MicroPDP-11/73, and it sounds like it's well-equipped. Please contact
him directly if interested.

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From:
                 helbig_at_man.ac.uk (Phillip Helbig)
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                 free VAX 11/73 with tape drive in Cheshire
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                 5 Sep 1998 12:40:26 GMT
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As mentioned before, I'm planning on doing inventory on some old VAX
stuff I have and having a big give-away in a few weeks. By the way, I'm
still looking for stuff myself, especially tape drives (8mm) and bigger
SCSI disks---see http://multivac.jb.man.ac.uk:8000/helbig/vms/vax.txt .
I especially want VAXstation 4000 or VAXstation 3100 boxes.

When picking up my last lot, I decided to save an 11/73 from
destruction, hoping I could give it a good home. I don't know much
about it except that it has a good tape drive in it and two sizes of
floppies (no, neither is 3?"---5" and 8"). I need to get rid of this
quickly, as it is filling up my car and making it difficult to drive.
It's a rack-mount.

If you want it, then come and get it, but you better hurry 'cause it's
going fast. Previous experience shows that there is a big demand for
these old systems. It's first come, first served. I would prefer
people who will take it in any case, as there's not much point in
looking at it and I want to unload it directly from my car into your
vehicle.

I could arrange to obtain some manuals and perhaps even software
distribution media, but not before you pick up the VAX (since I don't
want to drive anywhere with it in my car); you could come back for them
or I could probably tell you where to pick them up, perhaps on the way
to picking up the VAX.

Email is the best way to contact me, though the other methods below are
OK as well.

I barely managed to get it in the back of a VW Polo estate (the previous
model; it wouldn't fit in a new Polo) with the back seat folded down.
So you need a car at least as big, where the dimensions of the opening
are as critical as the volume. If you're not too far away, I could
drive it out myself (which might save some effort) but only if you
promise me to take it in any case. As far as I know, it is in working
order and there is at least the OS and some compilers installed on it.
I don't know WHICH OS is on it.


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Received on Sat Sep 05 1998 - 09:35:59 BST

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