>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike <dogas_at_leading.net>
> To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
> <classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu>
> Date: Thursday, 25 March 1999 5:13
> Subject: Re: Museums
>
> >I would also imagine the museum brick and morter will have to be
> >electronically shielded to allow things like trs-80 mod 1s to operate in a
> >commercial zone.
>
>
> You're kidding, right? I can't believe even US silly rules are that silly.
>
> Cheers
>
> Geoff Roberts
> Computer Systems Manager
> Saint Mark's College
> Port Pirie, South Australia.
> Email: geoffrob_at_stmarks.pp.catholic.edu.au
> ICQ #: 1970476
> Phone: 61-8-8633-8834
> Mobile: 61-411-623-978
> Fax: 61-8-8633-0104
Nope... Why do you think DEC stopped making the 11/70.
FCC Rules. They were so tight that DEC called back every 11/70 they could
pry out of field offices (replacing them with carved up 11/74's in some
places like my Princeton office) in order to meet Ma Bell's requirements
for 11/70's. (They were allowed to ship used refurbed stuff for another
six months or so after they had to stop making new ones -- unless they
wanted to spend $$$ to have the model retrofitted for the new emissions
specs and retested for RF leakage).
(They probably could've used VAX cabinets and could've done this -- but
they were interested in dropping the 11/70 by then because it probably
not cost effective to build and the 11/73 was coming...)
Anyone out on the list have the truth? The above was the Field Service
guestimate after we pulled the 11/70's from Princeton in favor of
an 11/74 piece and a couple of replacement Vaxes for DEC's regional
data center...
Bill
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Received on Wed Mar 24 1999 - 21:14:49 GMT