New Acquisitions

Well, all, I'm happy to report a few additions to my small collection. (1) DEC LA120 (DECwriter III). I bought this on eBay for a steal a few weeks back. It looks to be in decent condition. The shipper packed it very well, but neglected to wrap the LA120 in something before adding the paper-strip packing material. Thus, the thing is filled with paper strips, and I've still not taken the time to disassemble the LA120 to vaccuum/pick them all out. (2) DEC VT102. There was (and maybe still is) a lady selling what is probably a whole room of VT10xs on eBay, at the rate of one unit every week or so. I contacted her directly and asked if she had any units for which I could make a direct offer. She did, and I bought one. It was handled very poorly by UPS, as the top part of the case came off and now won't go completely back on and the case had several pieces chip off. It's not as pretty as it could be, but it *is* functional, so I'm satisfied with the purchase. In other news, I found some LA36 ribbons, LA120 ribbons, a box of teletype paper, 1981 PDP-11/04/24/34a/44/70 processor handbook, and a 1973 PDP-8/e/m/f small computer handbook, all for great prices on eBay. -- Jeffrey S. Sharp jss(a)ou.edu