For Sale: PDP-8/i w/ Paper Tape

From: Tony Eros <tony.eros_at_machm.org>
Date: Mon Apr 9 06:52:37 2001

On reflection, maybe "crummy" doesn't sound quite right. The archivist was
very helpful, but they simply didn't keep the docs.

-- Tony

At 07:19 AM 4/9/2001 -0400, you wrote:
>Sellam -
>
>I picked up the 1131 (minus keyboard and power supply) from Cornell in
>February of 1999. IIRC, it had been sitting outside a math professor's
>office for several years. I haven't done anything with the system since I
>received it (kind of a _long_ term project), though I did get in touch
>with a manager at IBM's corporate archives and confirmed that they don't
>have much in the way of documentation for the system -- no prints or
>maintenance guide.
>
>I guess DEC/CPQ's not the only company to do a crummy job of maintaining
>their history, though that doesn't really make me feel better...
>
>-- Tony
>
>At 08:13 AM 4/8/2001 -0700, you wrote:
>>On Sat, 7 Apr 2001, William Donzelli wrote:
>>
>> > > Details! :)
>> >
>> > Look in the archives, if they still exist. Must be almost two years ago,
>> > maybe more.
>>
>>Without searchable archives (and any reasonable reference to look for) it
>>would take an act of Jehova to find what you're speaking of.
>>
>>I guess I understand if you just don't want to talk about it :?
>>
>>Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer
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>
>
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