24 Sep
2002
24 Sep
'02
11:48 a.m.
Anyone interested in checking this out?
Bob
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kate Olin" <blue(a)intrnet.net>
To: "Robert F. Schaefer" <rschaefe(a)gcfn.org>
Sent: Monday, September 23, 2002 10:41 PM
Subject: Re: DEC PDP-11/73
Hi again, Bob,
Sorry to bother you. You might remember I am the wife of the guy
who saved a VAX from the scrapheap earlier this month. Well, he went and
saved another DEC but I was wondering if you know anything about it.
It's a Digital PDP-11/73. I'm not sure about the dash in there. Anyway,
Dave said that it doesn't run the VMS software and it isn't the nice
specimen that
the DEC 6000 was. But they were going to scrap it, so
he paid the
scrap price and brought it home. He was able to transport it himself
without getting a UHaul, so he doesn't have much in it and won't have to
ask for
much for it.
Is there any interest out there in the PDP 11? He said this one
is missing a small panel, otherwise it was physically okay.
> Now for the bad news. Shipping is 152.89 and
they would want more if
you
[------------------------------------^ to zip 43211 for a datapoint]
> need a lift gate for it. That's the price if
you have a fork lift on
your
> end. Don't worry. I can put it on ebay.
We'll save it. My husband is
> looking at another DEC he wants to save. Tell me, he's considering a
WANG
> too, are they as good?
Kate
24 Sep
24 Sep
12:55 p.m.
New subject: DEC PDP-11/73 in GA
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert F. Schaefer" <rschaefe(a)gcfn.org>
Georgia's a little far for me to go, but I sure wish MY wife was this
understanding. She had a cow at the mere suggestion of bringing home a VAX
the other day. She is under the impression I have too many old computers as
it is. I say there is no such thing as too many old computers.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kate Olin" <blue(a)intrnet.net>
> Hi again, Bob,
> Sorry to bother you. You might remember I am the wife of the guy
> who saved a VAX from the scrapheap earlier this month.
<<Lots Snipped>>
Don't
worry. I can put it on ebay. We'll save it. My husband is
looking at another DEC he wants to save. Tell me, he's considering a
WANG
too, are they as good?
> Kate 
1:28 p.m.
New subject: DEC PDP-11/73 in GA
On Tue, 24 Sep 2002, Christopher McNabb wrote:
I say there is no such thing as too many old
computers.
You haven't been to my warehous yet.
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25 Sep
25 Sep
3:07 a.m.
New subject: DEC PDP-11/73 in GA
There is such a thing as too many wives, though, Bob.
On Tue, 24 Sep 2002, Christopher McNabb wrote:
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert F. Schaefer" <rschaefe(a)gcfn.org>
Georgia's a little far for me to go, but I sure wish MY wife was this
understanding. She had a cow at the mere suggestion of bringing home a VAX
the other day. She is under the impression I have too many old computers as
it is. I say there is no such thing as too many old computers.
M. K. Peirce
Rhode Island Computer Museum, Inc.
Shady Lea, Rhode Island
"Casta est quam nemo rogavit."
- Ovid
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kate Olin" <blue(a)intrnet.net>
> Hi again, Bob,
> Sorry to bother you. You might remember I am the wife of the guy
> who saved a VAX from the scrapheap earlier this month.
<<Lots Snipped>>
Don't
worry. I can put it on ebay. We'll save it. My husband is
looking at another DEC he wants to save. Tell me, he's considering a
WANG
too, are they as good?
> Kate 
4:38 a.m.
New subject: DEC PDP-11/73 in GA
On Wed, 25 Sep 2002, John Foust wrote:
At 11:08 AM 9/25/2002 -0400, Merle K. Peirce wrote:
Damn, I love that guy!
(Er, but not in the same way that he loved other males ;)
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There is such a thing as too many wives, though,
Bob.
As Oscar Wilde put it, bigamy is having one spouse too many;
monogamy is the same. 
2:23 p.m.
New subject: DEC PDP-11/73 in GA
At 09:39 AM 9/25/02 -0700, you wrote:
On Wed, 25 Sep 2002, John Foust wrote:
So do I; one of the lines I like the most: "The unthinkable
in pursuit of the uneatable", regarding fox hunting.
carlos.
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At 11:08 AM 9/25/2002 -0400, Merle K. Peirce
wrote:
Damn, I love that guy! There is such a thing as too many wives, though,
Bob.
As Oscar Wilde put it, bigamy is having one spouse too many;
monogamy is the same. 
28 Sep
28 Sep
3:24 a.m.
New subject: DEC PDP-11/73 in GA
I think I'm making progress with my fiancee. I don't know how many times
I've heard "Can't you get rid of some of this stuff?" Recently she got
me
a VAXstation 3100/76 for my birthday off of eBay.
It's the things that we both like to collect that are dangerous. We're
both dog people. I had five dogs when we got together. Now I have ten.
The additional five she found for me. She has six dogs. Now she's been
bitten by the fish bug. I have two aquariums at my place. We're having
another 100 gallon tank delivered Monday. Recently she said that she
spotted a 75 gallon and 55 gallon tank listed in the local paper for a
reasonable price and wants to go and take a look at them. Now if I can
just get her that excited about old computers I'll either be very lucky or
in big trouble.
Kevin
On Tue, 24 Sep 2002, Christopher McNabb wrote:
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert F. Schaefer" <rschaefe(a)gcfn.org>
Georgia's a little far for me to go, but I sure wish MY wife was this
understanding. She had a cow at the mere suggestion of bringing home a VAX
the other day. She is under the impression I have too many old computers as
it is. I say there is no such thing as too many old computers.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kate Olin" <blue(a)intrnet.net>
> Hi again, Bob,
> Sorry to bother you. You might remember I am the wife of the guy
> who saved a VAX from the scrapheap earlier this month.
<<Lots Snipped>>
Don't
worry. I can put it on ebay. We'll save it. My husband is
looking at another DEC he wants to save. Tell me, he's considering a
WANG
too, are they as good?
> Kate
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