FW: FREE PDP-11/73 with tape drive in Cheshire

ATTN: Rescuers in England/UK! This fellow's looking for a home for a MicroPDP-11/73, and it sounds like it's well-equipped. Please contact him directly if interested. -=-=- <snip> -=-=- From: helbig(a)man.ac.uk (Phillip Helbig) Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec Subject: free VAX 11/73 with tape drive in Cheshire Date: 5 Sep 1998 12:40:26 GMT Organization: University of Manchester, NRAL Message-ID: &lt;6srbfq$c0f$1(a)probity.mcc.ac.uk&gt; Reply-To: p.helbig(a)jb.man.ac.uk NNTP-Posting-Host: multivac.jb.man.ac.uk Lines: 48 Path: blushng.jps.net!news.eli.net!news-out.internetmci.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!194.72.7.126!btnet-peer!btnet!dispose.news.demon.net!demon!peer.news.zetnet.net!peer.news.bb.u-net.net!u-net!yama.mcc.ac.uk!man.ac.uk!HELBIG As mentioned before, I'm planning on doing inventory on some old VAX stuff I have and having a big give-away in a few weeks. By the way, I'm still looking for stuff myself, especially tape drives (8mm) and bigger SCSI disks---see http://multivac.jb.man.ac.uk:8000/helbig/vms/vax.txt . I especially want VAXstation 4000 or VAXstation 3100 boxes. When picking up my last lot, I decided to save an 11/73 from destruction, hoping I could give it a good home. I don't know much about it except that it has a good tape drive in it and two sizes of floppies (no, neither is 3?"---5" and 8"). I need to get rid of this quickly, as it is filling up my car and making it difficult to drive. It's a rack-mount. If you want it, then come and get it, but you better hurry 'cause it's going fast. Previous experience shows that there is a big demand for these old systems. It's first come, first served. I would prefer people who will take it in any case, as there's not much point in looking at it and I want to unload it directly from my car into your vehicle. I could arrange to obtain some manuals and perhaps even software distribution media, but not before you pick up the VAX (since I don't want to drive anywhere with it in my car); you could come back for them or I could probably tell you where to pick them up, perhaps on the way to picking up the VAX. Email is the best way to contact me, though the other methods below are OK as well. I barely managed to get it in the back of a VW Polo estate (the previous model; it wouldn't fit in a new Polo) with the back seat folded down. So you need a car at least as big, where the dimensions of the opening are as critical as the volume. If you're not too far away, I could drive it out myself (which might save some effort) but only if you promise me to take it in any case. As far as I know, it is in working order and there is at least the OS and some compilers installed on it. I don't know WHICH OS is on it. -- Phillip Helbig Email ......... p.helbig(a)jb.man.ac.uk Nuffield Radio Astronomy Laboratories Tel. .... +44 1477 571 321 (ext. 297) Jodrell Bank Fax ................ +44 1477 571 618 Macclesfield Telex ................ 36149 JODREL G UK-Cheshire SK11 9DL Web ... http://www.jb.man.ac.uk/~pjh/ My opinions are not necessarily those of NRAL or the University of Manchester.