pdp-8 looking for new home... !

As usual, contact the poster, not myself... - - - - - Some old stuff is looking for a new home before it goes to the shredder: Mail me if you have interest, I will then forward any orders to the owner. Location: Davos in Switzerland/Europe Presen owner: Meteological Observatory, used for lab data capturing/processing State: Was running last time it saw power. The VT100, one PDP8/A, one TU56 I have seen running 4 weeks ago. Hardware: 2 * DEC PDP8/A, 20-Slot (big) Omnibus case, core memory (I do not know how much), with the optional octal front pannel 2 * DEC RK05, removable disk drives 2.4MByte 1 * DEC RL01, removable disk drive 5MByte 1 * DEC RL02, removable disk drive 10MByte 2 * DEC TU56, dual tape drives (small reel tapes) 1 * big reel tape drive, no manufacturer/model written on it, just lable: 9 track 800/1600 BPI 45IPS see ASCII art below 1 * chassis 19", 54cm wide, 76cm deep, (+19cm deet), 127cm high 2 * chassis 19", 54cm wide, 76cm deep, (+19cm feet), 180cm high 2 * Calcomp 836, plotter, ca 2m wide, 30cm deep, 20 cm high beige plastic ends, blue metal middle 1 * Centronics 6085, printer, ca 1m x 1m x 1m There is also 1 * DEC VT100, terminal 80x24, but I am having that :-) I may manage to find space for one PDP/8A with 1/2 the 2 disk drives and 1 TU56, but that is still open. If someone else want both of them (or 2 people want one), they can have them, I am actually into PDP11s (the system was billed as a 11, but turned out to be 2 8s). Software: - OS/8 - rts/8 Manuals: - Operation Manual PDP8/A - User Manual FPP12A - Maintenance Vol3 - RK05 Maintenance - RL01 Users Guide - Teletype 33ASR (no hardware, has been scrapped years ago) - Calcomp above - Centronics above ASCII of 9 track tape drive: --------------------------- | | | |.--. .-------. | | || |/ \ | | || | / \ | | || |`-' | | o o | lamps "Monitor" "Diag" || | o | | o | lamp "WT EN" || | | | o o | lamps "BOT" "EOT" || \ / | | || \ / | o # | lamp "Load" + square button || `-------' | o # | lamp "Online" + square button || | o # | lamp "Rew" + square button || .-------. | o # | lamp "Reset" + square button || // \ | | || // \ | o # | 3 lamps + rocker switch || || | | 8 # | "PE" "Remote" "NRZ" || || 0 | | | (this if my sketch is not wrong) || || | | | || | / | | || |\ / | o | lamp + |`--' `-------' | # | rocker switch "Power" | | | --------------------------- Sorry that my small pencil sketch drawn 4 weeks ago (just before going on holiday) is not better. -- Neil Franklin, neil(a)franklin.ch.remove http://neil.franklin.ch/ Nerd, Geek, Hacker, Unix Guru, Sysadmin, Roleplayer, LARPer, Mystic - - - - -