26 Jun
2015
26 Jun
'15
11:58 p.m.
On 6/26/2015 11:46 PM, Pontus Pihlgren wrote:
I had a private conversation with Stephen(who started
the
nekochan thread) and he said that some things have gone back to
donors and that they will keep some select items. The 8/s is one
of the machines that they are keeping.
I get the imprwssion that it's a rather controlled an
responsible shutdown.
/P
If they are retaining the PDP 8/S they just dumped the original history
of the restoration in the auction I posted. not so good.
I would be open to suggestions that his is not a unique artifact, given
the appearance of the cover. But that speculation is contradicted by
the fact that the pages are all in individual slip covers. Again if the
8/s went somewhere this should have gone with it.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/221805321988
thanks
Jim