A DEC VT78 system is available in Phoenix Arizona area. Email
vt78 at
pdp8online.com if interested. I can make you some boot disks if
you need them. Email me if you need disks.
The email I received about the system:
I have an old DEC VT78 system originally used in an auto parts store for
inventory control, invoicing, office management (billing, accounts payable,
receivables). It consists of the VT78, RX?? 8" floppy dual drive, DECPrinter I,
and the cart that goes with it. The system was purchased around 1980 unless it
was the second one purchased a couple of years later (probably the one from
1980). The system is currently stored such that I cannot make out which set of
drives it has.
I had, at one time, the original docs and system disks but did some cleaning up
in the house a few years back. I am pretty sure I tossed all the manuals, data
disks, blank discs. I initially thought about saving the system disks but I
know I was debating it in my kind. I am currently preparing to move packing up
my house so I might yet come across the system disks if I did keep them.
Unfortunately, the system has not been turned on since the mid 1980s. So I am
not sure if it boots currently and the system is not in a position for me to
power it up currently. If there were interests, I probably could make the
effort to re-arrange the stuff in the garage to try to power it on.
I and the system are located in Arizona in the Phoenix area. I am looking to
get it into the hands of someone who would desire it rather than junk/recycle
it.