At 05:09 PM 5/20/04, you wrote:
> > I bought a Micro PDP-11 and borrowed the seller's hand-truck to
> > get it out to my car. Right now it's in my garage -- I have no
> > documentation and haven't had time yet to check it out.
>
>Wow! I haven't seen one of those at Dayton in a long time. I'd
>be curious what model.
Back panel says it's an 11C23-F.
> > I hefted a Heathkit H-47 eight-inch drive housing (no drives) back
> > to the car. Quite heavy.
>
>Do you have the Heathkit Qbus card to go with it or just the drives?
Not even the drives -- just the housing and power supply.
> > I also bought a whole bunch of Texas Instruments calculator repair
> > parts, which happened to include a few TIL-311 LED displays.
>
>Nice. Hopefully they didn't cost more than a couple of bucks each.
About 100 little TI boxes, each about the size of a pack of cigarettes,
each containing a different set of parts...all for $10.
>A very typical pattern. What gets hard is cruising the aisles when
>everything is covered because it _might_ rain again.
Yep, everything wrapped in plastic tarps makes it hard to see what's
available. But when you do find something, and the seller is still
there, he's usually willing to deal.
Cheers,
Dan
Received on Thu May 20 2004 - 17:44:26 BST
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