The system key can be found on the key rings of many PDP11 enthusiasts. -----Original Message----- From: cctech-bounces at classiccmp.org [mailto:cctech-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of J Blaser Sent: 08 October 2007 23:59 To: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: Re: VAX 11/750 rescued, alas... Rod Smallwood wrote: Yes, you are absolutely correct! The more I think about it, the more glad I am to have even this empty chassis. Definitely harder to come by than the modules that are missing. A few good souls have already stepped forward offering some help with the boards, so this revival might be less difficult than I anticipated at first. Yup, I went through that last night. There is another label that was inside one of the front cover plates that does show a list of modules penciled in. So I believe I now know what the original configuration of this system was. I've come up with a minimum list of boards, and a wish-list of the boards that were originally included. Looks like the the mass storage was hung off of a UDA50, and some tape devices on the SI 9700 board (which I still am completely ignorant of). I have a couple of Fuji SuperEagles and an RA81, so I'll be on the lookout for SDI and SMD interfaces for the rebuild. I just hope the Fujis and RA81 are functional when the time comes! Roger that! I'm a firm believer in a full chassis cleanup, capacitor reform, and separate PS checkout before every hitting the big switch on the front! ;-) Oh, yeah, that reminds me...I've got to locate the 'vending machine' power-switch key for this thing. Anyone know if it is a fairly standard key? This looks like it'll be a more lengthy revival than any that I've done up until now, which have been mostly qbus PDPs and uVAXen. A great winter project! - Jared