18 Dec
1998
18 Dec
'98
5:21 a.m.
If somebody on this list can manage it (All of the flights from SFO to
boston have already left, damn!) and the 8/e's can have their memory
reduced without disabling them (ie they are multiple nK memory units rather
than one 32K semiconductor memory board) I will send money to defray the
rescue cost in exchange for some memory (all I need is 4K :-)
E-mail if I can help.
--Chuck
At 01:41 PM 12/18/98 -0500, you wrote:
The following was posted on alt.sys.pdp8... I don't have
any other knowledge of it, and can't save it myself...
SOMEONE, please save it!
I have been asked to post the following anonymous tip about the availability
of a PDP-8 system in Boston:
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Two functional PDP-8e minicomputers, 32k, RK8e disk, TD8e DECtape,
bound for dumpster in Boston Friday afternoon, 18 december.
Researcher has finally decided he needs floor space more than potential
access to original data.
Also RK05 disk packs, documentation, tapes, etc. In racks, with wheels.
243 Charles St., Boston, alley beside Mass. Gen'l Hosp. Founders' House,
rolling out between 4pm and 6pm. "Too much paperwork" to donate or sell,
they say. If you have a truck, and make appropriate offerings to
the housekeeping folks, they could be yours.
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That is today! If you're in Boston and want a PDP-8 or want to help
someone get one, please act fast! Please pass this note on to anyone
you feel could help rescue this system.
Doug Jones
jones(a)cs.uiowa.edu