A small collection of PDP8's and PDP11's in Adelaide

Hi All, I have a small collection of PDP8's and PDP11's in Adelaide South Australia. The group is made up of a PDP 8/L, 2 X PDP 8/E's, 2 X PDP 8/F's, a PDP 11/10, a PDP 11/20, and a PDP 11/44. The 8/L is bare but the rest have RK05's except the 11/44 and an 8/F with floppies. Their purchase was arranged by me in the 1970's and they have been given to me by the School of Psychology at the University of Adelaide. They have been stored in an air conditioned environment since purchase. A couple of years ago when I began to think about disposing of this equipment my ambitions were quite small and I thought I would just put them up on ebay and see what happened. Since then I have looked at the computers more closely and with the assistance of the former engineer involved at the time we have put 3 of the computers back in operation. As far was we can tell the PDP 8/L runs trivial programs, the PDP 8/F with floppies runs OS/8, and one of the PDP 8/E's runs the processor OK but the Plessey disk (RK05 look alike) didn't boot (but we'll fix that). Currently the former engineer is a lecturer in Computer Science and has expressed an interest in one of the PDP8's in a running state as an exhibit in his office. I may keep the 11/44 but we need to dispose of the rest, eventually, and in a running state. We think we will put up the 8/L for sale first. The package consists of the 4K PDP 8/L, a BA08 Expansion Box containing a KV8/L controller, a Tektronix 611 display and a 1250VA DEC Autotransformer to run the 115V 8/L system in the 230V land of Australia, and associated documentation. The PDP 8/L powers up and the fans and power supplies check out. Memory addresses can be examined by auto incrementing through memory. Data can be deposited in memory. Trivial programs seem to execute and switches seem to perform their intended function (allowing for a little intermittent functioning after 30 years stasis). I believe both the PDP 8/L and the KV8/L controller can be functioning systems. I know there is an international market for this equipment but is there anyone or any group in this country (Australia) that we might give advance notice of an intention to sell this sort computing equipment? Let me know if you are interested or want further information (bob.willson at adelaide.edu.au). Regards, Bob. -- Bob Willson Phone : +61 08 8272 3659 School of Psychology Fax : +61 08 8303 3770 University of Adelaide Email : bob.willson at adelaide.edu.au Adelaide, South Australia 5005 CRICOS: 00123M