Hello! Thought I might bring you an update on the PDP-7. IT FRIGGIN' POWERED UP!!!! *ahem* With shaking hands (afraid the huge caps would explode all over me), on Wednesday 28th of May, I flipped the magic switch. Nothing happened. I flipped it again, and it worked. The surprise of it not catching fire was enough for me to yell without noticing it, "It WORKS, damnit!". I then proceeded to point at it and make a funny sound. Video of this will come up on http://tore.nortia.no/video when I have time to digitalize it. The rest of the day was spent testing the memory and the CPU (which mostly works). Thursday I tested the IO further, as did I on Friday. I got the paper tape punch to revolve, and feed at the command of the conveniently marked "Feed" button on the console. Now, further I/O repairs need doing, and maybe constructing an emulated Paper-Tape Reader is nessecary - - if so, I'll hook up the punch to it as well. Please see http://tore.nortia.no for continuing coverage. If you ever worked on this machine, especcialy while on DEC's side, LET ME KNOW! PLEASE; drop me a line! And yes, we do have software. Lots and lots of it in good condition. Don't know about the DECtapes though. Love, Piece, and Understatements _____________________ /Tore Sinding Bekkedal\ |toresbe(a)ifi.uio.no | |+47 91 85 95 08 \_________________________ | Semi-proud resident of Norway since 1988 \ \_______________________________________________/