Hi all.
Through a lovely bit of serendipity, I've just been offered a PDP-11/83
that's local to me. Before I accept, can anyone help me with the following
questions:
How big is this classic likely to be? Most PDPs I've seen were
refridgerator sized, with washing machine sized disk drives, tape drives,
etc. Is that about what I can expect, or is the 11/83 one of the later,
smaller 11s?
How heavy might it be? Would it be a lifting job for 2? 4? 8?
Does it require special power? My home isn't wired for anything beyond
household current.
Any help would be much appreciated. I'd love to save this machine, but
there are limits to my space/money/housemate's patience.
Alternatively, if anyone else is in or around Calgary, AB, and would be
interested in this machine, e-mail me off list. If I decide not to take it,
I can put you in touch with the owner.
Thanks in advance.
Mark Gregory
At 09:15 PM 5/14/99 -0400, you wrote:
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>>Looks like Megan's the victim of an eBay gender-bending :-)
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>Seems so...
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>>BTW, what exactly is a "mamoth" housing, anyway??
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>I think it is due to the fact that the people posting are used
>to PCs and more contemporary machines, and so a pdp-11 in an
>H960 is MAMOTH to them...
>
>:-)
>
> Megan Gentry
> Former RT-11 Developer
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Received on Fri May 14 1999 - 20:25:13 BST