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At 12:58 AM 14-05-98 -0400, William Donzelli wrote: If this is discussing a PDP-9 then yes, there is at least one in the collection - the first Digital box purchased by La Trobe in about 1967. There's an interesting story behind this system: In about 1968 the -9 was stored in a basement area which was unfortunately flooded when some high-pressure water pipes ruptured. My current boss (who was Computer Centre Manager at the time) along with the technical officer moved the -9 out onto a lawn and it was disassembled. The parts were then washed and dried in front of radial heaters (one of which is still in use in my bosses office!). The -9 was reassembled but three flip chip modules were found spare! The system ran (without them) for about 10 years before being replaced with a PDP-15, DECsystem-10 and Vaxes of various types. It was decommissioned and moved to the DEA museum collection. Huw Davies | e-mail: Huw.Davies(a)latrobe.edu.au Information Technology Services | Phone: +61 3 9479 1550 Fax: +61 3 9479 1999 La Trobe University | "If God had wanted soccer played in the Melbourne Australia 3083 | air, the sky would be painted green"