>This time, I went all ~1400 miles to San Diego. I've been saving my money
>for this one, and it paid off nicely. I picked up:
You're crazier than I am!
>* PDP-11/20 -- According to the owner, this one worked last time it was
>booted (no idea when that was), and I should expect the monitor to still
>be loaded in the core.
>
>* PDP-11/20 -- Not known to be in working condition. Missing a few
>switches up front and maybe a few boards inside. Basicaly, a spares
>machine. The faceplate is the older one that just says "PDP11" instead of
>"PDP11/20", and I'll probably transplant it to the working machine for
>that reason.
I'd say make *IT* the working system and use the working system as the
parts machine. Don't just transplant the faceplate!
>* TU56 -- Looks to be in great condition.
>
>* TC11 -- Looks to be in great condition.
>
>* DECtapes -- About 100 of them. I think there's an operating system and
>a fortran compiler in there somewhere.
>
>* A few printsets.
Sweet!
>I'd like to find a couple of RK05 drives, maybe a PCxx paper tape
>reader/punch, and their controllers to round out this system. Anybody
>have any of these up for trade?
I won't tell you how many years it's taken me to locate a papertape
reader/punch, and it's for a PDP-8/e I'm getting.
Zane
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| Zane H. Healy | UNIX Systems Administrator |
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Received on Wed Jul 18 2001 - 11:50:21 BST