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British Columbia Complete DIGITAL PDP-11/44 System with Peripherals [SUPER CLEAN]

British Columbia

cchhrriiss11

Experienced Member
Joined
Oct 19, 2019
Messages
280
Location
Duncan, BC
Selling Price
10000
Is the price negotiable?
No
Closest Major City
Duncan
Delivery Options
Local Pickup Only
Hey Everyone,

Due to a number of circumstances beyond my control, I have to sell the majority of my DEC PDP-11 collection starting with my pride and joy, the PDP-11/44.

Please read below carefully and study the photos, there's a lot of information here.

Here is my PDP-11/44 System that I've spent a number of year piecing together - this is one of the cleanest, most complete PDP-11/44 configurations in the world. I am located in Duncan, British Columbia (Vancouver Island). This system is absolutely spotless inside and out, and has been stored in a climate-controlled shop for my entire ownership. There are a number of photos of the system below. I am asking $10K USD for the entire setup and unfortunately have a limited timetable to sell the machine (as I have just sold my house and have no room where I am moving to). I will also be listing the machine on eBay as well a week from today.

5-Cabinets, all adjoined together with mating side panels:
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This machine is unique as it includes a DF100 modem chassis, with 2 modem cards and SIX DECTalk DTC03's. The power supplies in the BA11-A and BA11-KW have been re-capped. The 4 x RL02's all power-up and have no burnt-out indicator bulbs. The RA81 powers up, spins up AND goes ready. The two MicroTechnology MDI76 / MDI276 also power-up and appear to be fully functional. The RX02 floppy drive has been refurbed and runs well. There's a total of 32 Serial ports (4 x DZ11 cards WITH a KMC11-A comms co-processor), with appropriate serial bulkheads and DEC-branded serial cables. There is also a KBD01 remote-maintenance unit with the correct cabling and serial bulkhead, along with a DF112 modem.

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Serial Ports:
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This machine include the full maintenance records, RSX11-M+ Documentation library, etc.
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System is considered AS-IS, WHERE-IS. I had it running a couple years ago, where it passed the built-in diagnostics, however the input circuit breaker on the power supply in the BA11-A failed, preventing the CPU chassis from powering up. System includes a SPARE BA11-a Power supply.

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Cabinet Configuration:
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PDP-11/44 BA11-A Mounting Box Configuration:
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BA11-KW Expansion Box Configuration:
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System also includes a SECOND TS11 Tape drive and RA81 Hard Drive installed in a tall "corporate" rack:
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Also included is a DEC LP25 Line Printer (with stand):
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As well as a number of spare DEC Power Supplies:
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I will also throw-in a refurbished DECWriter III terminal to be used as the system console:
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MicroTechnology MDI76 and MDI276:
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I've also got a collection of RL02 disk-packs, 9-track tapes and DECTapeII tapes (including original DEC software distributions) that I can include some of to the buyer as well.

Again, the system is sold AS-IS, WHERE-IS and I am asking $10K USD for the whole setup.

Let me know if you have any questions or need any additional details.

-Chris
 

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