PDP 11/40, VT50 or VT52, LA36 - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

14 Apr 2004

My problem is that I don't have a lot to trade.  I do have an old
Western Union Baudot (I think 5 bit) teletype machine that I think I'm 
going to get rid of, but it was mostly for use by deaf people who
used it to communicate over the telephone and doesn't interface
(as far as I know) to a computer.  

I have only recently been seriously considering locating an 11/40 and 
associated peripherals, now that I have a place where I could set it up and 
work on it.  I recently moved from the city back to the country and I built a 
30' by 60' building / shop behind my house.  Inside I closed off a portion 
that is climate controlled, which is a good place to house an 11/40. 

What kind of condition is your spare LA36 in?  I suppose I could start my
collection with an LA36 and continue searching for an 11/40 to go with it! :-)

Ashley

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From: Jay West &lt;jwest(a)classiccmp.org&gt;
Sent: Apr 14, 2004 11:29 AM
To: Ashley Carder &lt;wacarder(a)usit.net&gt;et>, 
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Subject: Re: PDP 11/40, VT50 or VT52, LA36

I have a spare LA36 (maybe an LA120, but I think it's an LA36) located in
St. Louis I'd trade off.

Jay
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ashley Carder" &lt;wacarder(a)usit.net&gt;
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
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Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2004 10:19 AM
Subject: PDP 11/40, VT50 or VT52, LA36

...
  Does anyone on this list have any of the following
 items that they would be interested in getting rid of:

 PDP 11/40 with rack and RK05 drive(s)
 VT50 or VT52 DecScope
 LA36 Decwriter
 RK05 pack with RSTS/E

 I would like to attempt to reconstruct the computer
 that my friends and I used in college from 1975-80.
 Our former professor who was also director of the
 computer center and is now retired has indicated that
 he might offer some assistance in reconstructing the
 environment if we can find a PDP 11/40.  Our college
 junked their 11/40 in 1989 or shortly thereafter.  The
 new generation of computer people there "cleaned up"
 old junk and threw away anything that was left from
 the 11/40 that we knew and loved.

 We have created a pretty faithful replica using Bob
 Supnik's emulator and have it available via TELNET
 on the internet.  Several of us had complete prints
 from the late 70s of all the source programs on the
 system.  It was running RSTS/E with Basic Plus.  It took
 a while to find someone with a soft copy of the
 Basic Plus version of ADVENTure, but I was able to get
 a copy from someone who was in Project Delta and
 have loaded that to our RK05 disk image for our
 simulated 11/40.

 We would like to get our hands on the real hardware
 so we can feel the heat and hear the fans whirring
 once again!

 Thanks for any and all help that anyone can provide!

 Ashley

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