Found on Usenet. Anyone near the U. of Iowa want to talk to this guy?
It sounds kind of beat up, but might make a good parts box.
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On Wed, 6 Jan 1999 15:17:30 -0600, in vmsnet.pdp-11 you wrote:
>>From: Brian Deitte <bdeitte_at_blue.weeg.uiowa.edu>
>>Newsgroups: vmsnet.pdp-11
>>Subject: Clueless questions about a for sale PDP 11/73
>>Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1999 15:17:30 -0600
>>Organization: The University of Iowa
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>>Hello. I've been given a PDP 11/73 that was going to be thrown away.
>>I've searched for quite a few hours on the Web for resellers, and all I
>>could find was agora and auction-it.net. Any advice on a price range or
>>where to look for someone who wants one is appreciated.
>>
>>If you've read this far, I assume you're interested in some way, so here's
>>some extra information:
>>According to a a picture I saw somewhere, its a BA23 standing tower.
>>I found the following cards: M3106(2), M8017AA, M7546, M7555.
>>The front has a TK50 and a Micropolis "Disk Memory Unit" with a S/N
>>7074231037.
>>Some of pins on back are broken, and the power cord has been snipped, but
>>supposedly it worked at its former residence, although I don't even know
>>how to test it.
>>
>>Feel free to send by email if you feel this is irrelevant to this
>>newsgroup. Thanks, Brian.
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