KA-10 desirability [was RE: What's the rarest or most unusual computer-related item do you own?]
14 Jan
2017
14 Jan
'17
11:58 a.m.
From: Rich Alderson
>> If he had a KA, I would have tracked him down
and beaten him to a pulp
>> to lay hands on it
A KA-10 based PDP-10 is the Holy Grail
So, how many KA10's _are_ there still in existence? Does anyone know?
And I think all the PDP-6's are gone, right?
Noel
14 Jan
14 Jan
3:11 p.m.
On Sat, Jan 14, 2017 at 11:58:13AM -0500, Noel Chiappa wrote:
I think CHM has at least the CPU cabinet of one.
From: Rich
Alderson
>> If he had a KA, I would have tracked him
down and beaten him to a pulp
>> to lay hands on it
A KA-10 based PDP-10 is the Holy Grail
So, how many KA10's _are_ there still in existence? Does anyone know?
And I think all the PDP-6's are gone, right?
Most likely. There are parts of one in Australia. (The front panel,
dectapes, parts of the CPU as well as teh 340 Display).
/P
3:21 p.m.
On 1/14/17 12:11 PM, Pontus Pihlgren wrote:
On Sat, Jan 14, 2017 at 11:58:13AM -0500, Noel Chiappa
wrote:
I think CHM has at least the CPU cabinet of one.
We have the front panel cabinet from LLNL, and a few of the peripheral control cabinets
From:
Rich Alderson
>> If he had a KA, I would have tracked him
down and beaten him to a pulp
>> to lay hands on it
A KA-10 based PDP-10 is the Holy Grail
So, how many KA10's _are_ there still in existence? Does anyone know? from Germany, but no CPU or memory
3:24 p.m.
And I think all the PDP-6's are gone, right?
There are some pieces (console, display) of the UWA '6 in museums:
http://www.ultimate.com/phil/pdp10/pdp6-serials.html
The odd thing about Alex Reid's photos is that the "before it left the
factory" and "towards the end of it's useful life" photos show the
display away from the console, but the "on delivery" photo shows a
display above the console!
phil
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