DEC swap meet?(RE: Off Topic? PDP 11 1134/1145's)

From: Linc Fessenden <linc_at_thelinuxlink.net>
Date: Wed Apr 3 09:02:40 2002

On Wed, 3 Apr 2002, David Woyciesjes wrote:

> (cc'd to ClassicCmp list, I'm sure there's interest there...)
>
> > From: Brian Hechinger
> >
> > On Tue, Apr 02, 2002 at 12:26:23PM -0800, Lyle Bickley wrote:
> > > All,
> > >
> > > May I make another suggestion? A bunch of us here in the Silicon Valley
> > are
> > > fans of old DEC equipment. We get 'em and restore 'em. Some favor PDPs
> > (one
> > > guy even has two DEC 10's), some favor the smaller 11's and others of us
> > like
> > > old VAXes. At any rate, we meet once a month for lunch and swap
> > stories,
> > > tell what stuff we've picked up, etc. All of us are willing to trade
> > > equipment or donate books and equipment to each other. We studiously
> > avoid
> > > EBAY.
> >
> > so who's on the east coast that would like to do this? i'm in philly, and
> > i
> > know isildur is in pittsburg. don't know where we would want to meet
> > though,
> > since some people would have to travel far for that. thoughts? ideas?
> > --
> >
> I'd be up for it. A flea-market swap-meet kinda thing, right? Maybe
> we can get something going up here in New Haven, CT?

I am in as well.. Problem is I live in between Isildur and Brian so PA is
looking better and better :-)

-Linc Fessenden

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Received on Wed Apr 03 2002 - 09:02:40 BST