UPDATE (RE: 4 PDP-11's found (plus RK05's) and VAX 7000 !)

From: Fred N. van Kempen <waltje_at_pdp11.nl>
Date: Wed Jan 21 20:25:33 2004

All,

Here's an update. I went back there today to take some pics and
agree on a price. Turns out he was in a (gold ;-)rush, and was
quite eager on melting 'em down...

So.. I gave him my sweetest smile, offered to unrack em right
there, and got to it. Yeah, my clothes look like crap now :)

Anyway. I unracked all four 11/34's, the four (I believe) RK05's
and allt he cables. We palleted the lot, and they shrinkwrapped
it.

I will arrange for pickup tomorrow, and have it stored until I
come back in march, at which time I'll clean em all and such,
so people can come get em.

NEEDED: I need one H960 rack in good condition to put "my" stuff
        in.. had to leave the racks there, cause I cant store
        anything right now, other than a single pallet.

All who have replied will get answers the next three days.

While looking around there, I found some more fun stuff- although I
dont care for the two VT100's that were there, nor for the two
Tek 1401s (I believe), I did find some Alpha and VAX stuff.. we
are talking about those.

I also found *drums rolling* a complete PDP-8, complete with
DECtape TU56, papertape and so on, labelled "Industrial 8" and
in two racks. Unit has NEVER BEEN USED - apparently it was a
"hot spare" for a lab, and has been sealed and shrinkwrapped
(on a pallet) since, pff, 1975 or so! That area also had an
11/70, (with serial console) but that *seemed* to be incomplete.

*happy dance*

The bad news is: they were up for melting tomorrow (thu) at 9am.
I did talk to the guy, and offered him an amount of money that
probably is many, many times the gold value of these. I want em :)

So.. keep yer fingers crossed, all!

More later, I need to upload some pictures :)

--f
Received on Wed Jan 21 2004 - 20:25:33 GMT