24 Jul
2024
24 Jul
'24
3:47 p.m.
Would anyone like to rescue a vintage Pick minicomputer in Manitoba, Canada?
https://discuss.systems/@ahelwer/112836345012817998
«
A wide ask here so please boost: my grandfather is trying to get rid of
an old business computer, and I was wondering whether any vintage
computer people might want it. It was purchased for $50k from The
Ultimate Corporation in the early 80s. This ran the Pick operating
system, and my best guess is the hardware was originally manufactured by
GE or Honeywell. It's about the size of a half-rack and currently lives
in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada. It has sat covered in plastic in a
chemical warehouse for the past 35 years. Where do people usually post
stuff like this other than here? Thanks!
»
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24 Jul
24 Jul
5:48 p.m.
On Wed, 24 Jul 2024, Liam Proven via cctalk wrote:
Would anyone like to rescue a vintage Pick
minicomputer in Manitoba, Canada?
https://discuss.systems/@ahelwer/112836345012817998
A wide ask here so please boost: my grandfather is trying to get rid of an
old business computer, and I was wondering whether any vintage computer
people might want it. It was purchased for $50k from The Ultimate Corporation
in the early 80s. This ran the Pick operating system, and my best guess is
the hardware was originally manufactured by GE or Honeywell. It's about the
size of a half-rack and currently lives in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada. It has
sat covered in plastic in a chemical warehouse for the past 35 years. Where
do people usually post stuff like this other than here? Thanks!
Sorry, no help with re-homing it.
Did you know that a publisher made a series of books called
"xxxx Pocket Guide"
They even had one for Pick, with the obvious title!
5:56 p.m.
https://www.amazon.com/Pick-pocket-guide-library/dp/083063245X
On Wed, 24 Jul 2024, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote:
On Wed, 24 Jul 2024, Liam Proven via cctalk wrote:
Would anyone like to rescue a vintage Pick
minicomputer in Manitoba,
Canada?
https://discuss.systems/@ahelwer/112836345012817998
A wide ask here so please boost: my grandfather is trying to get rid of an
old business computer, and I was wondering whether any vintage computer
people might want it. It was purchased for $50k from The Ultimate
Corporation in the early 80s. This ran the Pick operating system, and my
best guess is the hardware was originally manufactured by GE or Honeywell.
It's about the size of a half-rack and currently lives in Brandon,
Manitoba, Canada. It has sat covered in plastic in a chemical warehouse for
the past 35 years. Where do people usually post stuff like this other than
here? Thanks!
Sorry, no help with re-homing it.
Did you know that a publisher made a series of books called
"xxxx Pocket Guide"
They even had one for Pick, with the obvious title! 
6:01 p.m.
On Wed, 24 Jul 2024, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote:
You can also download it (and all his other Pick books) from here:
https://jes.com/downloads
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7:21 p.m.
On 7/24/24 10:47, Liam Proven via cctalk wrote:
Would anyone like to rescue a vintage Pick
minicomputer in
Manitoba, Canada?
https://discuss.systems/@ahelwer/112836345012817998
«
A wide ask here so please boost: my grandfather is trying
to get rid of an old business computer, and I was
wondering whether any vintage computer people might want
it. It was purchased for $50k from The Ultimate
Corporation in the early 80s. This ran the Pick operating
system, and my best guess is the hardware was originally
manufactured by GE or Honeywell. It's about the size of a
half-rack and currently lives in Brandon, Manitoba,
Canada. It has sat covered in plastic in a chemical
warehouse for the past 35 years. Where do people usually
post stuff like this other than here? Thanks!
»
The card cage has a VERY strong DEC look to it - probably
LSI-11.
Jon
7:31 p.m.
On Jul 24, 2024, at 12:21 PM, Jon Elson via cctalk <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
On 7/24/24 10:47, Liam Proven via cctalk wrote:
One of the comments identified it as having a PDP-11/02 CPU.
Zane
Would anyone like to rescue a vintage Pick
minicomputer in Manitoba, Canada?
https://discuss.systems/@ahelwer/112836345012817998
«
A wide ask here so please boost: my grandfather is trying to get rid of an old business
computer, and I was wondering whether any vintage computer people might want it. It was
purchased for $50k from The Ultimate Corporation in the early 80s. This ran the Pick
operating system, and my best guess is the hardware was originally manufactured by GE or
Honeywell. It's about the size of a half-rack and currently lives in Brandon,
Manitoba, Canada. It has sat covered in plastic in a chemical warehouse for the past 35
years. Where do people usually post stuff like this other than here? Thanks!
»
The card cage has a VERY strong DEC look to it - probably LSI-11.
Jon 
9:04 p.m.
what is this thing im up in lynn lake be down in wpg in a week witch is 2hr
drive from wpg
On Wed, Jul 24, 2024 at 3:13 PM Zane Healy via cctalk <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
wrote:
On Jul 24, 2024, at 12:21 PM, Jon Elson via cctalk
<cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
wrote:
One of the comments identified it as having a PDP-11/02 CPU.
Zane
On 7/24/24 10:47, Liam Proven via cctalk wrote:
> Would anyone like to rescue a vintage Pick minicomputer in Manitoba,
Canada?
>
> https://discuss.systems/@ahelwer/112836345012817998
>
> «
> A wide ask here so please boost: my grandfather is trying to get rid of
an old business computer, and I was wondering whether any vintage computer
people might want it. It was purchased for $50k from The Ultimate
Corporation in the early 80s. This ran the Pick operating system, and my
best guess is the hardware was originally manufactured by GE or Honeywell.
It's about the size of a half-rack and currently lives in Brandon,
Manitoba, Canada. It has sat covered in plastic in a chemical warehouse for
the past 35 years. Where do people usually post stuff like this other than
here? Thanks!
»
The card cage has a VERY strong DEC look to it - probably LSI-11.
Jon
27 Jul
27 Jul
3:39 a.m.
I know a lot about Ultimate systems, worked there as a developer, and
have a system.
I've contacted the fellow about helping with the system.
It's got apparently 2 66mb Priam drives, and an F880 Cipher tape, a nice
system.
If anyone here rescues it, I'm glad to help. I am in Kansas City now, a
bit distant, but asked him about it. Probably will have to help someone
else with it.
thanks
Jim
On 7/24/24 18:07, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote:
It is apparently an LSI/PDP-11/2 with Pick operating
system
On Wed, 24 Jul 2024, Adrian Stoness via cctalk wrote:
> what is this thing im up in lynn lake be down in wpg in a week witch
> is 2hr
> drive from wpg
27 Jul
27 Jul
3:41 a.m.
All but the processor board is built by Sigma System in Anaheim, CA. I
think it's an 11/23 clone system.
The owner said all of the boards were not dec, but the processor.
They built a Qbus system very much like the DEC one but w/o some of the
hard to find things DEC only built.
thanks
Jim
On 7/24/24 14:21, Jon Elson via cctalk wrote:
On 7/24/24 10:47, Liam Proven via cctalk wrote:
Would anyone like to rescue a vintage Pick
minicomputer in Manitoba,
Canada?
https://discuss.systems/@ahelwer/112836345012817998
«
A wide ask here so please boost: my grandfather is trying to get rid
of an old business computer, and I was wondering whether any vintage
computer people might want it. It was purchased for $50k from The
Ultimate Corporation in the early 80s. This ran the Pick operating
system, and my best guess is the hardware was originally manufactured
by GE or Honeywell. It's about the size of a half-rack and currently
lives in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada. It has sat covered in plastic in
a chemical warehouse for the past 35 years. Where do people usually
post stuff like this other than here? Thanks!
»
The card cage has a VERY strong DEC look to it - probably LSI-11.
Jon
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