29 Mar
1999
29 Mar
'99
3:57 a.m.
In the event any of those reading this list are in truly desperate need of
4116's to resuscitate you elderly computers, please let me know. I have a
supply of these which though limited is excessive. They're yours for the
postage, provided you have an otherwise running system in which to use them.
There should be no need for disfuguring an original board in order to make a
part foreign to its design work in place of what belongs there.
I also, incidentally, have some of the 18 (?) -pin dual DRAMs made for the
Apple-III's memory board, and, in fact, have a spare apple-iii memory
daughterboard which is serving no useful purpose here. If you've got an
apple-III with memory problems, perhaps this is for you.
If you have other "old" memory needs, e.g. 2115's (Intel 1kx1's, 25 ns)
or
maybe something equally out of date, let me know where you would use them
and maybe I can help you out.
Dick
-----Original Message-----
From: Megan <mbg(a)world.std.com>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
Date: Monday, March 29, 1999 10:43 AM
Subject: Re: Picture of my latest haul
Who was the nut who mounted the CPU units near
your ankles? Looks like
you're suposed to lie on your belly in order to read the displays and
toggle the switches!
Well, the lowest of the machines (the pdp-8/e and pdp-8/f) were
actually not even configured for operation... they were simply
stuck in the racks, taking up space. The 8/f now has a home with
Allison, so there is empty space in the 11/34 rack... which I will
probably fill with an RL01 (or RL02 if I can find one).
The pdp-8/a, which doesn't have any blinkenlights, was the actual
operating machine for the person who owned it before... its
backplane can handle a hex board, which was required for the RL8
controller, apparently.
The 8/e is currently out of the rack as I figure out what I'm going
to do next...
Megan Gentry
Former RT-11 Developer
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