Found on Usenet. Anyone near the U. of Iowa want to talk to this guy?
It sounds kind of beat up, but might make a good parts box.
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On Wed, 6 Jan 1999 15:17:30 -0600, in vmsnet.pdp-11 you wrote:
>From: Brian Deitte
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>Subject: Clueless questions about a for sale PDP 11/73
>Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1999 15:17:30 -0600
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>Hello. I've been given a PDP 11/73 that was going to be thrown away.
>I've searched for quite a few hours on the Web for resellers, and all I
>could find was agora and
auction-it.net. Any advice on a price range or
>where to look for someone who wants one is appreciated.
>
>If you've read this far, I assume you're interested in some way, so
here's
>some extra information:
>According to a a picture I saw somewhere, its a BA23 standing tower.
>I found the following cards: M3106(2), M8017AA, M7546, M7555.
>The front has a TK50 and a Micropolis "Disk Memory Unit" with a S/N
>7074231037.
>Some of pins on back are broken, and the power cord has been snipped, but
>supposedly it worked at its former residence, although I don't even know
>how to test it.
>
>Feel free to send by email if you feel this is irrelevant to this
>newsgroup. Thanks, Brian.
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