CC users in Ireland

[Ronan Scaife]

Dear All,

At 03:30 PM 17/06/2019 +0100, Ronan Scaife wrote:

> Dear All,
>
> I am particularly interested to make contact with Ireland-based
> classic computer collectors or users.

on 18 June 2019, Guy Dunphy wrote:

> Message: 8 Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2019 09:34:11 +1000 From: Guy Dunphy 
> <guykd at optusnet.com.au> To: ronan.scaife at dcu.ie, "General Discussion: 
> On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk at classiccmp.org> Subject: Re: 
> irish cctech subscribers Message-ID: 
> <3.0.6.32.20190618093411.011eaad8 at mail.optusnet.com.au> Content-Type: 
> text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Hi Ronan, I know you meant 'in 
> Ireland.' But I can't resist: I'm of Irish ancestry, though born and 
> residing in Sydney Australia. Also "My particular interest is in DEC 
> pdp-8 and pdp11 machines." Never thought I'd actually have any, until 
> unexpected events of 2018 and ongoing. Now so far I have two PDP-8/S 
> to restore ( http://everist.org/NobLog/20181104_PDP-8S.htm ) and two 
> PDP-11: Rack 1: PDP 11/44 and one RLO2 diskpack drive. Rack 2: PDP 
> 11/34, two RLO2 diskpack drives, and one RK05 disk pack drive. Seems 
> to be a complete, intact system. I have the side panels, various 
> blanking panels, and assorted documentation. Still making arrangements 
> for a long-term space to set them up and work on them. Regards, Guy 
> Dunphy
>> My particular interest is in DEC pdp-8 and pdp11 machines.

Dear Guy,

good to hear from you!

My interest stems from the generosity of DEC Galway, Ireland, who helped 
start my (DSP, speech) research career
in the early 1980s with a generous donation of 2x 11/34s with RL02 and 
RX02.

I also have a MINC (laboratory instrumented 11/23) from Trinity College 
Dublin.

Quite recently, we acquired a pdp8/e (made in Galway) with RK05 and PC04 
from Dundalk Institute of Technology.

I haven't dared to power this up, but a few of my students have worked 
on a replica pdp8/e front panel patched

into a simh emulation on a PC.

I look forward to reading your blog.

My medium term plan is to interest the National Museum or equivalent in 
a section on (especially Irish-made)

technology, so the email was primarily addressed to people on the island 
of Ireland. However, most of what I

have learned over the years has been from guys around the world like you 
who are so generous with their

information.

Best Wishes,

Ronan Scaife

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