My problem is that I don't have a lot to trade. I do have an old
Western Union Baudot (I think 5 bit) teletype machine that I think I'm
going to get rid of, but it was mostly for use by deaf people who
used it to communicate over the telephone and doesn't interface
(as far as I know) to a computer.
I have only recently been seriously considering locating an 11/40 and
associated peripherals, now that I have a place where I could set it up and
work on it. I recently moved from the city back to the country and I built a
30' by 60' building / shop behind my house. Inside I closed off a portion
that is climate controlled, which is a good place to house an 11/40.
What kind of condition is your spare LA36 in? I suppose I could start my
collection with an LA36 and continue searching for an 11/40 to go with it! :-)
Ashley
-----Original Message-----
From: Jay West <jwest_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Apr 14, 2004 11:29 AM
To: Ashley Carder <wacarder_at_usit.net>,
"General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk_at_classiccmp.org>
Subject: Re: PDP 11/40, VT50 or VT52, LA36
I have a spare LA36 (maybe an LA120, but I think it's an LA36) located in
St. Louis I'd trade off.
Jay
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ashley Carder" <wacarder_at_usit.net>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
<cctalk_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2004 10:19 AM
Subject: PDP 11/40, VT50 or VT52, LA36
> Does anyone on this list have any of the following
> items that they would be interested in getting rid of:
>
> PDP 11/40 with rack and RK05 drive(s)
> VT50 or VT52 DecScope
> LA36 Decwriter
> RK05 pack with RSTS/E
>
> I would like to attempt to reconstruct the computer
> that my friends and I used in college from 1975-80.
> Our former professor who was also director of the
> computer center and is now retired has indicated that
> he might offer some assistance in reconstructing the
> environment if we can find a PDP 11/40. Our college
> junked their 11/40 in 1989 or shortly thereafter. The
> new generation of computer people there "cleaned up"
> old junk and threw away anything that was left from
> the 11/40 that we knew and loved.
>
> We have created a pretty faithful replica using Bob
> Supnik's emulator and have it available via TELNET
> on the internet. Several of us had complete prints
> from the late 70s of all the source programs on the
> system. It was running RSTS/E with Basic Plus. It took
> a while to find someone with a soft copy of the
> Basic Plus version of ADVENTure, but I was able to get
> a copy from someone who was in Project Delta and
> have loaded that to our RK05 disk image for our
> simulated 11/40.
>
> We would like to get our hands on the real hardware
> so we can feel the heat and hear the fans whirring
> once again!
>
> Thanks for any and all help that anyone can provide!
>
> Ashley
>
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