Thanks for the tips. The article is excellent. Unfortunately, most
examples of the
kind of computer I'm looking for (PDP 11/40 or something close) probably
found their way to the trash years ago. I wish I had started this quest
much sooner.
I am in "empty nest" mode now and I have more time to devote to hobbies. If
I had
been interested and had a place to put the thing, I probably could have
obtained the
actual college computer that I'm trying to reproduce. It was moved to the
junk room
in 1989 and the new generation on computer folks on campus scrapped it a few
years
ago when they decided to get rid of unnecessary computer junk. My retired
professor
and former director of the computer center and RSTS/E guru says that if I
had contacted
him about 3 or 4 years ago before he retired, I could have taken home
everything that was
left from the 11/40 days. He put most of the leftovers in a storage area at
school and
the new breed of folks threw it away.
He did send me all his paperwork relating to the PDP-11 including the price
quotes,
purchase orders, shipping papers, etc., as well as his proposals to the
faculty and
trustees in 1968, presenting his case on why the college should move into
the
computer age. All of this stuff is quite interesting.
Hopefully something will turn up in the near future and I can proceed with
moving my
simulated 11/40 environment (complete with my college's customizations and
lots of
programs that were developed at my college) to the real hardware.
Ashley
-----Original Message-----
From: Vintage Computer Festival [mailto:vcf_at_siconic.com]
Sent: Friday, April 16, 2004 5:17 PM
To: Ashley Carder; General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: DEC VAX 785 and PDP11/70's in Kansas City
On Fri, 16 Apr 2004, Ashley Carder wrote:
> It seems like the guys that have all the good stuff already just keep
> getting more while the latecomers sit here with the simulator running
> the old stuff on a PC via Telnet.
>
> No, I'm not whining..... :-)
Ashley,
Quit whining :) If you're tenacious enough you'll eventually find what
you want. You just have to turn over every stone and look into every
dumpster. Do that enough and the Vintage Computer Gawds will smile upon
thee one day.
Read:
http://www.vintage.org/content.php?id=001
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