30 Sep
2007
30 Sep
'07
2:30 p.m.
Lets see... Most people around here probably know that DEC is my
primary area of interest.
PDP-8:
PDP-8/e
PDP-8/m
some spares
PDP-10:
Emulated only
PDP-11:
PDP-11/03 (x3)
PDT-11/150
DEC Professional 380 (ex-VAX console)
PDP-11/23
PDP-11/23+ (backup PDP-11, SCSI drives)
PDP-11/44
PDP-11/73 (main PDP-11, SCSI tape, CD, and drives)
lots of spares
VAXen:
VAXstation II/RC in BA23 (the first)
MicroVAX II in BA123 (first running, now a PDP-11/73)
MicroVAX III in 3rd party chassis
VAXstation 3100/20
VAXstation 4000/vlc (currently in use as DECnet Area router)
VAXstation 4000/60
VAXstation 4000/90
several spare BA23's and a spare BA123 for PDP-11 spares
lots of spare boards
Complete VAX maintenance library on Microfiche
Alpha's
AlphaStation 200 4/233 (1st, and first running)
AlphaStation 200 4/233
Multia (only has been used to run OpenBSD)
DEC 3000/300LX
DEC AlphaStation 500/333 (only 96MB so not very useful)
DEC PWS 433au (even with 1 dead PCI slot I ran this for several years
before retiring, it was cheaper than adding RAM to the AS500/333)
Compaq XP1000/500 (purchased for cards included with it and spare parts)
Compaq XP1000/667 (current primary system)
More documentation than is sane for one person to have, even after
donating over half of my DEC documentation to the Historical Resource
Center (aka library) as the start of a computer history section.
A lot of my collection has happened by my progressively upgrading to
better hardware when the chance arises.
My Sun collection looks a lot like this, starting with a SparcStation
2, I now run a SunBlade 1000, though keep threatening to downgrade to
the fully decked out Ultra 60 which generates less heat and is
smaller. For SGI I simply have 2 O2's, while it's amazing hardware
and OS, there doesn't seem to be any point in getting more.
Really all I mess with any more are my main PDP-11, the VS 4000/vlc,
and XP1000/667. Lately I've been working on my main Commodore 64
again, and last night I was cleaning and testing the C128 that was
donated last week to the Library.
Zane
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| Zane H. Healy | UNIX Systems Administrator |
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| MONK::HEALYZH (DECnet) | Classic Computer Collector |
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