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This advert on eBay! A bit of a chancer! Condition unknown and collection only in the U.K. but you apparently have to pay to import it too so who knows...

Has anyone traced the pcbs for the H724 pdp-8/e control cards? One of my power supplies has failed and the only schematics I can find are in maintenance manual 1 with no component values or layouts. I can trace the circuits myself I guess but I’m just looking to save some work. (The 5v and power...

Chatting to an old university colleague at the weekend I discovered a pdp8/e chassis on the way to the skip so I managed to save it. The less good news is that it's just the bare chassis/power supply/front panel/single omnibus. 1 or 2 broken switch paddles but not too serious (just the pivot...

I’ve probably missed some chat on this but with the legendary CJL’s passing has PS?8 finally passed too with its remaining turds left unpolished or is it likely to re-emerge anytime? After 40-odd years waiting I’d have liked to just try it a little.

Does anyone have a pointer to a schematic for the H7819-AA Vaxstation 4000/60, 4000/90 power supply. One of my recently acquired machines' power supplies has failed but luckily the machine itself boots up OK.

So I've had cataract surgery and simple lens replacement which means I can't focus on anything nearer than about an arm's length away. Reading glasses work but with a progressively narrower focal range the stronger they are. So close up work to replace ICs etc. is getting a bit beyond me. I know...

I received this email this morning: “Dear HPE OpenVMS hobbyist, This is to inform you that HPE is concluding the HPE OpenVMS Hobbyist license program in alignment with the HPE OpenVMS support roadmap. If you wish to understand more details, please reach out to us at the earliest through the...

I see someone called the vintagecomputermuseum is advertising a pidp8 on eBay as a vintage replica for $900 claiming it has some sort of vintage rarity pedigree. I guess I’m getting older quicker than I thought! Heh!!

An ASR33 has just sold for £4300 on eBay UK. Who’d ever have believed it? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Data-Dynamics-Teletype-33-Vintage-Communication-Computer-Rare-Collectors-Reader/113894970642?hash=item1a84ab5512:g:wrwAAOSwk6Fdg80a

Looking for something else in the workshop I came across a SBC6120. Well, well, forgotten all about it. I bought the bits soon after it was announced so I suppose around 2002-3 or so, built it, fiddled with it then put it away. So, hooked it up, prepared an OS on CF and tried it. Not so good...

No, it’s not dead, just that I’ve finally lost patience with the drivel on there and unsubscribed. Should have done it a year and more ago. Not just that the boring threads seem interminable with the same people contributing just 1-liners time and again. Nor just that every poster on there...

On EBay in the UK...

PDP8/a with a Remex PTR on the Bay. Looks to have cleaned up well. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/DEC-PDP8-a-Computer-with-Remex-Tape-Reader/323216332393?hash=item4b4131d669:g:d~4AAOSw7WJaynOP The second in a fortnight from this seller (from a cnc machine). He seems to have a moderately...

I've been looking for a small pdp11 for a while with no luck - what's been available either looked in too poor condition for a pdp11 novice or was inconveniently far away to collect. So I've been collecting together some bits to DIY. Anyway, I've at last got hold of a cabinet so I've now got...

My 8/e has blown a couple of front panel bulbs. I've seen Vince's bulb page for equivalents etc. Can anyone point me to a source of some? Thanks.

8/a with Remex reader on eBay at...

I've not seen it mentioned here, only on classiccmp, so I thought I'd draw attention to Philipp Hachtman's announcement/poll regarding a new batch, possibly slight redesign of his OmniUSB board for the pdp8 omnibus machines. http://doodle.com/poll/d7y524mvyfezqp9w#table I didn't buy one first...

I have a VT241 (VS240 with the colour VR241 monitor) and I need to make up a graphics cable for it. Looks like just 3x75 ohm from the monitor connector to bnc on the terminal. The VS240 J8 monitor connector also has a few 'extra' pins which I'm not sure about: 12 - monochrome out (I guess I can...

PDP8/F on Ebay UK http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/PDP8F-Computer-/262170462416? Same photo and wording as another sold recently. Very short time limit. Will be posted 2nd class! Is this for real?

I'm referring to the old 'nickel' files which can be found at http://www.dbit.com/pub/pdp8/nickel/ If you go down to e.g. http://www.dbit.com/pub/pdp8/nickel/langs/lisp/ there is an os/8 directory. However all of the files in this and similar paths are encoded. Does anyone recollect/know/deduce...