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  • SteveG
    Dave,

    Pop in at anytime.

    I will be in all day. You are welcome to a lunchtime snack if you can give as a little notice.

    Steve
    P
    Hi Dave,

    That is a great list and hopefully it will all go to good homes.

    I have two contacts who work for universities in the south, both are young ladies (Tanja and Louise) but are interested in vintage computing. I am in contact with them on the DEC Facebook group. I have suggested they both join this forum. Now that you have mentioned passing on the info to other parties I will suggest that they DM you directly via this forum. I know Tanja has a VaxStation 4000/90.

    Are any complete machines still available?

    Thanks,

    Paul.
    daver2
    daver2
    Hi Paul,

    If it makes their life easier, they can contact me directly on daver21145@gmail.com.

    The four VAXs are complete (as far as I know). They were all just switched off and put into storage. I even have licenses for the VAXs...

    Most of the PDP-11s are ‘projects’ because they are/were all spares. However, I do have one fully working (well, it was when I last used it) PDP-11 in a wheeled cubicle that I would want to go to a museum. I have two systems (one with more peripherals than the other) and need to keep one of them at work in the short term. The only problem I have is whether our facilities people will complain and want to charge us for moving the tall cubicle! In this case we will keep the shorter cubicle!

    Dave
    m_thompson
    I assume that Gloucester is in the UK and not a 90 minute drive north of me in the USA.
    Too bad, I could use an M8190 to go in an 11/84 that I am building from parts.
    daver2
    daver2
    Yes, unfortunately for you...

    I had the same problem (or rather my colleague did) when we were flying back from the States to Birmingham UK and he was accidentally booked on a flight to Birmingham Alabama. How we laughed - well, I did!

    I will be quite happy to make an exception in your case and post you one (if no one else wants them locally). After all, I have your DPS 6's!

    I will just need to double-check that the part number I have noted down is the right one for your needs though. These stand out a little bit as 'unusual' now I have looked up what the module numbers are to post the list.

    Dave
    daver2
    daver2
    I wasn't convinced that these cards were an 11/84 UNIBUS cards - so I checked more closely today. One is marked M8190-AB and the other just M8190 - the latter being the card I inventoried! I can confirm that both of these cards are QBUS M8190-AB (11/83). One appears to be slightly damaged - the other one fine. Are they still of interest or not? If not, I have other people interested.

    Dave
    daver2
    daver2
    I was discussing your 11/84 requirement with a work colleague who happened to say that he used an 11/84 system at a nuclear power station that is currently being decommissioned. Would you like me to enquire on your behalf to see if this still exists - or would you want me to pass on the details and you can contact them yourself? No guarantee it hasn't been scrapped though.

    Dave
    N
    Hi

    If you are interested this is the bodged version of PETTESTER I made that allows it in $F800 i.e. H7 of a 2001-8 (and also additionally checksums $E0xx and $F0xx

    It uses conditional compilation so shouldn't break too much.

    Regards
    Nivag
    M
    Don't like the new list very much; I assume I'm writing a PM but where do I put the subject?

    Anyway, just sending you my email addy:
    mhs.stein@gmail.com

    It's Dave Roberts, right?

    Mike Stein in Toronto
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