3 Nov
2018
3 Nov
'18
8:20 a.m.
On Saturday, November 3, 2018 7:14 AM, Adrian Stoness via cctalk <cctalk at
classiccmp.org> wrote:
get some thick plexi glass to cover it and sit it up for display to look in
but not touch ;)
On Sat, Nov 3, 2018 at 9:08 AM Guy Dunphy via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
wrote:
At 04:34 AM 3/11/2018 -0700, Al Kossow <aek at
bitsavers.org> wrote:
about.
My PDP-8s had an external DEC power supply. Just a simple constant voltage transformer,
diodes and caps.DEC original. Looks like all of the cards are there, I/O was done
externally to the 8s. The missing light boardlooks to be the only problem and it would not
be too hard to make. No parts except the lamps.
Bob
On 11/3/18 1:00 AM, Guy Dunphy via cctalk wrote:
> I only received this machine on Thursday, opened the box properly on
Friday
and found it was missing such
> such major parts. It belongs to the ACMS
(Australian Computer Museum
Society) but with the way things are
> going with them and their storage space
ongoing misfortunes, I may be
'looking after it for them' indefinitely.
(grins)
The loss of a non-profit collecting institution is nothing to "grin" I hope you start thinking about who it will go to
when you die.
Also, since it isn't yours, did you tell them you intend to 'restore' it?
Al, a few points:
1. This and several other items from their collection were passed
specificaly to me BY THE ACMS last week, on their
? ? initiative, since their storage situation has deteriorated further. The
executive of ACMS have visited my workshop,
? ? and know my capabilities and intentions.
2. I'm not grinning about the tragic lack of support for tech museums in
this country (Australia.) If you knew me at all,
? ? you'd know my opinions of why that is, and what a disaster it is.
? ? I'm grinning about having a chance to preserve such a nice machine,
myself. This should be obvious to anyone who wasn't
? ? predisposed to a hostile attitude, for some reason.
3. I'm currently only evaluating options for restoring it. And will
discuss with ACMS before doing anything, apart from
? ? making a screw-on protection for the wire-wrap backplane asap. (Next
week, need to buy some aluminum sections.)
? ? It will be a *long time* before I can seriously begin on it, due to the
length of my work queue. Which doesn't mean
? ? I can't start trying to locate information and parts now.
3. It seems you have time to go out of your way to criticise in a
situation you know little about, but you don't have
? ? time to find that Documation TM200 physical manual you recalled seeing
at bitsavers, and repeatedly ignore me when
? ? I ask you about where it is now, what are your plans for it, can I
borrow or buy it from you, etc.
? ? Since I'm restoring a TM200, and so far yours is the only sighted copy
of a manual anywhere, that's disappointing.
4. 'When I die' - this is a known issue. Though thankfully not an urgent
one. Australia is very different to the USA.
Guy