I have a lead on some DEC gear, I'm handing it over to the list. Please
contact the owner directly. Sounds like he has RT-11 on diskette AND tape.
I'd be interested in just the tape if it's 1/2 inch....
Jay West
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From: "tim majoch" <tmajoch_at_comcast.net>
> I have two micro PDP-11/23 (or /53 not entirely sure) systems in need of a
> home. Theywere in a surplus pallet purchase from the Boeing Aerospace Co
> about 8-10years ago and my buddy who bought them gave them to me since I
> used to use similsr systems when I worked at Boeing for multi-channeldata
> aquisitionan experiment control. I can't give an exhaustive list of the
> system config's as I had a stroke in Feb and don't have the full use of
all
> my limbs and the systems are confined in a closet in a seldom used area of
> my house. The units each include processor, memory (one 4MB board , one is
> less, maybe 1MB) and drive controller boards (an RQDX2 or 3 in one , RQDX1
> in the other)and at one time I had partial success getting an RT-11 system
> installed on one of them - using an IBM PC terminal emulator program as a
> serial port for VT terminal input. So the hardware is good, it just needs
> some tlc and someone with enough expertise and free time to get them
> configured. I think there is at least one RD/5x equivalent drive avaiable
> also. They each weigh about 80+ #'sI also have a set of rt-11 v5.x
> floppies(and system manuals - in orange DEC binders) and a tape distro of
> v5.4 (if I recall correctly). I have a warm spot in my heart for these
> systems, and would like to find them a good home. They are in the floor
> standing narrow molded cream cases/bases and would need to be freighted or
> picked up if someone wanted them and was not too far away I know they
cost
> Boeing over$10K or so each when new and I know they aren't worth much now,
> so I'm not trying to sell them, but I'd like to see them in use again . If
> you can find anyone who is interested in these units, please have them
> contact me, so we can discuss transferring them. If your organization
would
> like them as museum pieces, etc. I'd be happy to donate them.
>
> Thanks
> Tim Majoch
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