At 22:04 03/06/2003 -0500, Stuart Johnson wrote: [snip] I'd quite like an 11/780 - used to work on them when I was an apprentice at Ferranti (why we didn't use our own machines more, when we built and sold them from the same factory, I don't know!) but I don't even have the room to set up the old home micro's I have... As for the Univac .. he says "stored on a 40' Semi-Trailer (clean & Dry)" Looking a the pictures, they don't look like they've been very dry. Fronts of the cabinets all discoloured, and the cardboard boxes are stained. I presume that even a bit of moisture would wreck anything this old? Rob