21 Jan
2004
21 Jan
'04
7:16 a.m.
All,
Looks like we will be able to save these from the Evil Melter,
enough people have expressed their interest. Some points of
interest:
- they are in Santa Clara, CA, not The Netherlands ;-)
(sorry, my German and Spanish friends)
- they are in a "take em all or go away" deal; this scrapper is
not one of the friendliest in the trade... still, he *does* let
me go through things, which he never allowed before...
- i currently dont have time to work on the systems, as I am about
to go to boston, so will just get them and store them in a safe
place until march, when i am back here.
So.. to all who wanted some of the gear: I am going to arrange for
pickup of the stuff (all of the 7 racks, including the ones with all
the lab peripheral shtuff) and take out the cruft. Someone local
wants to pick up the programmable power supplies saturday, so that
is good ("one rack down, 6 to go!") and the digital voltmeter is
also "taken". I will try to compress the stuff into 2 or three of
the racks (the H960 clones from Tek) to save space.
I *assume* nobody wants the Tek displays/terminals.
Nobody wanted the VAX 7000, so I'll try to take some pictures of it,
before it visits the Evil Melter.
Cheers,
Fred
21 Jan
21 Jan
7:46 a.m.
Quothe Fred N. van Kempen, from writings of Wed, Jan 21, 2004 at
07:16:45PM +0100:
Nobody wanted the VAX 7000, so I'll try to take
some pictures of it,
before it visits the Evil Melter.
Surely many of us want it, but we don't have space for it, and
shipping costs would be prohibitively expensive. Likewise for the TeK
displays.
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9:41 a.m.
On Wed, 21 Jan 2004, Fred N. van Kempen wrote:
On Wed, 21 Jan 2004, Antonio Carlini wrote:
Nope. Its a shame.. I had never even *seen* a VAX
7000... :(
--f
I'd be interested in the 7000 if its not too big... Never seen one either
I would be worried that it had in fact been upgraded to an Alpha though..
Peter Wallace
Nobody
wanted the VAX 7000, so I'll try to take some pictures
of it, before it visits the Evil Melter.
Noone wants the boards ???
3:25 p.m.
New subject: UPDATE (RE: 4 PDP-11's found (plus RK05's) and VAX 7000 !)
All,
Here's an update. I went back there today to take some pics and
agree on a price. Turns out he was in a (gold ;-)rush, and was
quite eager on melting 'em down...
So.. I gave him my sweetest smile, offered to unrack em right
there, and got to it. Yeah, my clothes look like crap now :)
Anyway. I unracked all four 11/34's, the four (I believe) RK05's
and allt he cables. We palleted the lot, and they shrinkwrapped
it.
I will arrange for pickup tomorrow, and have it stored until I
come back in march, at which time I'll clean em all and such,
so people can come get em.
NEEDED: I need one H960 rack in good condition to put "my" stuff
in.. had to leave the racks there, cause I cant store
anything right now, other than a single pallet.
All who have replied will get answers the next three days.
While looking around there, I found some more fun stuff- although I
dont care for the two VT100's that were there, nor for the two
Tek 1401s (I believe), I did find some Alpha and VAX stuff.. we
are talking about those.
I also found *drums rolling* a complete PDP-8, complete with
DECtape TU56, papertape and so on, labelled "Industrial 8" and
in two racks. Unit has NEVER BEEN USED - apparently it was a
"hot spare" for a lab, and has been sealed and shrinkwrapped
(on a pallet) since, pff, 1975 or so! That area also had an
11/70, (with serial console) but that *seemed* to be incomplete.
*happy dance*
The bad news is: they were up for melting tomorrow (thu) at 9am.
I did talk to the guy, and offered him an amount of money that
probably is many, many times the gold value of these. I want em :)
So.. keep yer fingers crossed, all!
More later, I need to upload some pictures :)
--f
3:49 p.m.
New subject: UPDATE (RE: 4 PDP-11's found (plus RK05's) and VAX 7000 !)
Fred,
Please contact me immediately regarding your latest find!!!
David V. Corbin
dvcorbin(a)optonline.net
631-244-8487
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Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2004 9:26 PM
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: UPDATE (RE: 4 PDP-11's found (plus RK05's) and VAX 7000 !)
All,
Here's an update. I went back there today to take some pics and
agree on a price. Turns out he was in a (gold ;-)rush, and was
quite eager on melting 'em down...
So.. I gave him my sweetest smile, offered to unrack em right
there, and got to it. Yeah, my clothes look like crap now :)
Anyway. I unracked all four 11/34's, the four (I believe) RK05's
and allt he cables. We palleted the lot, and they shrinkwrapped
it.
I will arrange for pickup tomorrow, and have it stored until I
come back in march, at which time I'll clean em all and such,
so people can come get em.
NEEDED: I need one H960 rack in good condition to put "my" stuff
in.. had to leave the racks there, cause I cant store
anything right now, other than a single pallet.
All who have replied will get answers the next three days.
While looking around there, I found some more fun stuff- although I
dont care for the two VT100's that were there, nor for the two
Tek 1401s (I believe), I did find some Alpha and VAX stuff.. we
are talking about those.
I also found *drums rolling* a complete PDP-8, complete with
DECtape TU56, papertape and so on, labelled "Industrial 8" and
in two racks. Unit has NEVER BEEN USED - apparently it was a
"hot spare" for a lab, and has been sealed and shrinkwrapped
(on a pallet) since, pff, 1975 or so! That area also had an
11/70, (with serial console) but that *seemed* to be incomplete.
*happy dance*
The bad news is: they were up for melting tomorrow (thu) at 9am.
I did talk to the guy, and offered him an amount of money that
probably is many, many times the gold value of these. I want em :)
So.. keep yer fingers crossed, all!
More later, I need to upload some pictures :)
--f
4:07 p.m.
New subject: UPDATE (RE: 4 PDP-11's found (plus RK05's) and VAX 7000 !)
People, people.
1. I said I had *4* units, not *40* ... ;-) The VAX handling email
to this account is doing overtime... basically, I will contact the
people first who emailed me last night re the 3 "extra" systems..
if any are left after that, I will say so on here.
2. NOOOOOO. No. Nein. Nee. I will *not* part with that PDP-8 :)
Stop trying to make me part with it.. not gonna happen...
--f
22 Jan
22 Jan
9:44 a.m.
Vax 7000's a very pretty machines. We have one. Very modern and stylish.
On Wed, 21 Jan 2004, Fred N. van Kempen wrote:
On Wed, 21 Jan 2004, Antonio Carlini wrote:
Nope. Its a shame.. I had never even *seen* a VAX
7000... :(
--f
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Shady Lea, Rhode Island
"Casta est quam nemo rogavit."
- Ovid
Nobody
wanted the VAX 7000, so I'll try to take some pictures
of it, before it visits the Evil Melter.
Noone wants the boards ??? 
10:51 a.m.
Vax 7000's a very pretty machines. We have one.
Very modern and stylish.
I used to regularly work on a CI cluster of 'em; same cab design as used on
the AlphaServer GS140 if memory serves, though I only built up, installed
and commissioned one of those. Proud moment that was; it's a pity I was
crashed into the following weekend and never got back to that place because
of my injuries and time off work.
Nothing serious apart from whiplash, bad back, concussion and pretty bad
friction burns off the airbag and seatbelt mind, but enough to keep me off
till that particular job was finished :-/
cheers
PS I wouldn't be surprised if the place that had the CI cluster still has
the VAXen even though I upgraded them to Alpha 4100s a few years ago.
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