> They also appear to have parted out a
> VAX 8650 and a PDP-11/70 too. OTOH it seems
> to be reasonably common practice when
> acquiring the Nth large machine to strip
> the useful bits (boards, cables, cab kits,
> PSUs etc.) and ditch the cabinet to save
> on storage costs. So maybe these boards
> have been out of a machine for quite a
> while now.
>
Not directly. Last year they decommisioned 90 running 11/70's, of which
almost all
of them have been sold to organisations who are still using them. In
fact, my first
11/70 I have at home does come from them, and this particular machine
came from a
British Naval education department where it apparently was used to run a
submarine simulator. The original configuration was a cpu, a mos memory
box and an RX02.
(Yes, the software was apparently on just 2 floppies!)
I was at their place last Friday, and I have seen the 11/60. It looks
pretty clean
to me, and besides the missing panel it looks rather good.
It's a bit big for me, and the cabinet type makes it a bit difficult for
me to
use/move/lift....
There was also a VAX 9000 to be seen, and according to the info I got,
there seems
to be only 35 of them made (and I have a piece of the processor).
Oh, and no, I'm not affiliated to them, but happen to be a happy
customer.
Ed
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