Fwd: PDP 11s available

From: Doc <doc_at_mdrconsult.com>
Date: Wed Nov 6 22:18:00 2002

  I dropped Leo a line and he replied - he's in Montreal. Somebody
oughta grab 'em....
  Not associated, reply directly, blah blah blah.

        Doc

From: Leo <flintsoft_at_NOSPAMvideotron.ca>
Newsgroups: alt.sys.pdp11
Subject: PDP 11s available
Date: Tue, 05 Nov 2002 20:31:37 -0500


I just picked up a couple of these old machines as scrap... not
exactly sure of the model.

They have 2, 5" floppys in front, and a small panel with 4 push
switches, and a couple of other switches. They fit a 19" rack and run
on 120v. They have a ton of db25, rs232 ports on the back.

They were running a custom C program and a debugger for a company,
along with the standard operating system. They had at least 3
terminals and 2 printers and a bunch of machine processes running
electrical devices. Something like 18 devices on rs232. One machine
was a hot standby.

I know they were running with LA120 printers and a few screens I
forget the number...191 maybe??, none of which is available... They
were operating last I know, but were simply turned off and replaced.
(by a crappy 386PC network!!) They have been sitting in a warehouse
for the last 8 years, and were thrown out to make room.

They are tremendously dirty!! Looks like parts from a coal mine!! And
they weigh a ton!!

If I had the monitor/keyboard I'd run them for fun, but I don't have
the time to persue another hobby!! And I don't know if the dirt has
ruined the floppys.

Anyone have any interest in this stuff? Also a box of junked 120
printer parts?

Thanks
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