17 Jun
2008
17 Jun
'08
2:43 p.m.
On 4/6/08 17:28, "Mike Hatch" <mike at brickfieldspark.org> wrote:
For those intersted in DEC equipment and one aspect of
their their usage (UK
I'm afraid)
Details of a now defunct Military installation that used various DEC
computers has recently gone online.
These documents from about 1980 show PDP 11/10's and 11/40's used for jet
engine research and how they were utilised.
I was the tech involved in the installation of the 11/40 in the mid 1970's,
and maintenance at that time of the PDP7, SDS9300 and Elliot 803B systems. I
also lists an ICL1904s running George Mk 8.64.
It was all decomissioned in 2002, who knows where all the kit went but the
urban explorer forums say it has all gone. Typical UK government, we dont
want it so nobody can have it.
Thanks Mike,
I'd forgotten I was supposed to try and get round Pyestock with the creator
of that site but Life Events got in the way and I even see he hasn't updated
it since shortly after said Events. I guess it's all a Tesco warehouse now.
--
Adrian/Witchy
Binary Dinosaurs creator/curator
Www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk - the UK's biggest private home computer
collection?