Fwd: [geeks] [david_at_aulis.demon.co.uk: Re: PDP 11/84]
>Free PDP 11/84 for rescue in the UK.
>
>Please contact David directly if you're in the UK and can rescue this
>machine.. Also, can someone who is on classiccmp forward this to that
>list as well?
>
>thanks.
>
>Bill
>
>----- Forwarded message from David Warden <david_at_aulis.demon.co.uk> -----
>
>Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2002 21:59:44 +0100
>From: David Warden <david_at_aulis.demon.co.uk>
>To: mrbill_at_mrbill.net
>Subject: Re: PDP 11/84
>Cc: david_at_aulis.demon.co.uk
>
>Bill,
>
>Thanks for your prompt reply.
>
>Please do forward my details to your contacts in the UK. I look forward to
>hearing from them.
>
>Its great to get such a positive response. I have been trying on and off for
>about a year to find a new home for this machine as I really do need the
>space. I've always thought it was too good for scrap which was why I
>saved it in the first place.
>
>Its in two DEC cabinets each 40in high x 20in wide x 30in deep. Once I've
>dug it out from under three years accumulated clutter I can send further
>details and/or pictures to anyone who is interested. It spent most of its
>life in a climate-controlled equipment room at the hospital and I've
>kept it in the house since so it is in quite clean condition.
>
>Once again, thanks for your help.
>
>Best Regards,
>
>David.
>
>---
>
>David,
>
>With your permission, I'll forward this to a group of people who collect
>and rescue such machines from the skip and give them a good home. I'd take
>it myself, if I wasnt thousands of miles away. 8-)
>
>Let me know, and I'll forward this and have people contact you directly.
>
>Bill
>
>On Mon, Oct 21, 2002 at 10:50:45PM +0100, David Warden wrote:
> > Dear Sir,
> > I am trying to find a good home for a DEC PDP 11/84 mini computer
> (circa 1986
> > vintage) which I salvaged in 1997 and whose space I now need.
> > The working (when last powered up in 1999) system comprises the following
> > main components:
> > 11X84-BB
> > TU80-CB
> > RA81-AD
> > and boots DSM 11 version 4.1.
> > It was in use until 1997 running a laborartory system at a district
> > general hospital. Since then it has been stored in the study at my
> house in
> > Gloucestershire, England.
> > I am keen that this system should go to someone who will appreciate it
> > and not just strip it for spares or try to sell it. If you have any
> > bona fide contacts in the South West of England who might be interested
> then
> > I would be grateful if you could forward my e-mail details on to them.
> > I do not want to advertise on the web or in the news groups since I don't
> > want to get spam for everafter and want to be sure that anyone I deal
> with is
> > genuine.
> > Thanks in anticipation of your help.
> > Yours faithfully,
> > David Warden
>
>----- End forwarded message -----
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