Thinning the herd.

Tom, you have my condolences as well. I hope you are able to manage the thinning. Perhaps you can pass along some tips. While I have much less of a collection (90% Qbus PDP-11 in BA23 and BA123 boxes), the basement is still full. Fortunately, the big racks that held RL01 / RL02 drives, the drives themselves and most of the packs are gone along with LA120 printers and 9 track tape drives, i.e. the really big, heavy stuff. At 72 years old, I can still lift a BA23 box (especially without the plastic skins), but the BA123 is beyond my capability - except to roll around on a flat surface. I will probably want to keep at least a few running PDP-11 Qbus systems, but there seems little interest in the others. Please let us know the best way to dispose of your collection. As for what you have, I am an RT-11 software addict. While most of the approximately 25 RT-11 binary distributions have been preserved (although the condition of pre V04.00 distributions is questionable), the languages and other support products are few and far between. Commented source code is even more rare. If you have any of that stuff, please let me know. Jerome Fine