18 Oct
2006
18 Oct
'06
3:59 p.m.
On 18/10/06 21:48, "Dave McGuire" <mcguire at neurotica.com> wrote:
On Oct 18, 2006, at 1:42 PM, Witchy wrote:
It is, and thanks to the people that are storing it for us (it's not
actually at Bletchley) it's still free of pigeon crap and other airborne
nasties that affect paintwork :) I'll dig out the full pix of the system but
beware that they're huge because I wanted to make sure all the components
were in place.....
--
Adrian/Witchy
Binary Dinosaurs creator/curator
Www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk - the UK's biggest private home computer
collection?
I meant the 8600 that's in storage for us at
Bletchley Park :)
http://www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk/VAX%208600.JPG
Running state is currently unknown since the building it's in has
no power
and there's little chance of getting 3-phase anywhere on site! I've
audited the boxen and she seems to be complete and apparently
worked when
decommissioned a year or two ago....
OMG...That is a beautiful system!! 