30 Dec
1999
30 Dec
'99
3:52 a.m.
Wel-llll, my 11/34A is in a tall rack and with two
RL02's, cables and
accessories it probably weighs in at around 400 lbs (180+ kg). An 11/44 I
understand can be big. Certain PDP-8's too. So it's argueable that some are
Well, my 11/44 in the garage is two racks, one rack has the CPU, TU58's and
RX02's, the other a pair of RL02's and the terminal distribution panel.
Then there is the racks with the TU81+ and 2 RL01's, 1 RL02, and 2 RA90's
in one of my storage units that go with it.
'big iron' machines. My 34A is in the basement
in the lab area next to its
LA120. OTOH, my MicroPDP setting next to me is only around 75 lbs or so
(~34 kg).
Hmmm, my /73 sitting next to me is housed in a MV2 BA123 with a VT420/LA75
sitting on top of it. Never have gotten the external RX02 cabinet I got
for it hooked up, that might end up on my PDP-8/m though...
As for what do I do with all these? Well, they tend to be more fun that
computer games, though they do take up more room :^( Besides you've not
lived till you've played Pacman under RT-11 :^) Plus I actually like using
the PDP-11/73 running RT-11 for TELNETing into my ISP and reading news.
Also my VMS Cluster takes most of a 6' rack, and another 4' pile on a
typing table (that's without all the VAXen I'm not using at the moment),
and I do actually use the cluster for quite a few things.
Zane
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