PDP-11 RESCUE needed in northern California (Castro Valley)

From: Teo Zenios <teoz_at_neo.rr.com>
Date: Sun May 9 10:53:38 2004

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From: "Ashley Carder" <wacarder_at_usit.net>
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Subject: RE: PDP-11 RESCUE needed in northern California (Castro Valley)


> I guess the only good thing about this is that at least
> these computers did not end up at the scrappers. It
> appears that there are numerous salvageable items in
> this lot. Maybe some other failing 11/40s will live
> again because of these neglected ones that were left
> out in the weather. It does look like things weather
> better in Sunny California than they do here in South
> Carolina. You would not want to see what they would
> look like if they had been sitting out in the weather
> here for 15 years.
>
> Ashley
>

In Ohio they would have been a rusty spot in the grass. I wonder what they
were thinking having those units in a yard 15 years uncovered, maybe they
were waiting on the scrap value to rise enough to be able to scrap them?
Received on Sun May 09 2004 - 10:53:38 BST