At 17:11 28/02/2003, you wrote:
>Looks like there's a DEC MINC-11 in good condition to be
>had for free in the North of England.
Hmmm.
>Please, somebody go
>save this thing from the skip! Maybe Adrian "Two Sheds"
>Vickers can use it for a climate control system for his
>garage... ;^)
I'm getting a reputation, aren't I? :)
Seriously - if someone can lend me a suitable trailer, I'd be happy to
contact the chap & see if he'll hang onto it for a week or two until I can
get up there (although S. Cumbria is a reasonable trek away).
Unfortunately, although I have two trailers (ahem), one is a little piddly
thing (and open to the elements), and the other is a FO big car trailer
suffering two problems - 1) it's open to the elements, 2) it's got a car
with a broken wheel on it...
I'd also be happy to keep it indefinitely pending someone else doing
something with it - I'd like to stick to one - or, perhaps, two :) -
projects at a time...
(snip post)
>Ade: I'm jealous is all. I get to go drive on the track every
>now and again with a car club, but no racing. Oh, and that you
>can get to this MINC and I can't of course... ;^)
:) No worries! It'll take a bit of working on to get "two-sheds" status,
but one is plenty for now... Although you wouldn't have known it, there's
actually an old Rover 820 parked behind the HP's (under the black tarp);
it's basically scrap (good body, broken engine), and I'm going to stick it
in autotrader soon to see if anyone wants it; failing that, it's off to the
scrappy with it, becuase frankly it's taking up space which would be better
utilised for old computers...
Meanwhile, back to the HPs: With the help of Bob Shannon, it looks like I
might be able to have a serious crack at getting the F-series machines
running. The only bit that's likely to cause a problem is I may not have a
suitable console terminal, but I'm sure I can butcher my laptop's serial
connection into behaving in the appropriate manner. Fingers crossed!
--
Cheers, Ade.
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Received on Fri Feb 28 2003 - 15:02:01 GMT