VAX 11/750 rescued, alas...

On 10/9/07, der Mouse <mouse at rodents.montreal.qc.ca> wrote: Mine do. As I've posted before, in over 25 years of working with DEC equipment, I've seen exactly *one* key that wasn't XX2247 (PDP-8/L-carcass-for-parts I got at Dayton in 1982). Your easiest choices are to either find a DEC enthusiast with a spare key, or to go to a full-service locksmith with that number, XX2247, and tell them you want a "code cut key". The last time I needed a code-cut key (for a video game cabinet), it was about $15. Newer machines that use the plastic key (11/24, 11/730...) can use an uncut tubular key - about $2 the last time I bought one of the _those_. Oh... since it's *much* cheaper to copy than code-cut, if you can borrow a key from someone, you could get it copied then returned. The problem with that, though, is that I've occasionally had problems getting round keys copied successfully. At one place (that I won't return to), I eventually dragged in the lock because three previous trips failed to produce a working key. -ethan