1) Start small. You can always add to the collection later.That often
occurs, sometimes with accompanying amnesia of the actual transaction.
2) If you possess genes for “like to take things apart” and “ability to put
things back together *** ” start with a Q-Bus VAX. The number and types
Referring to Puerto Rico's strong position in pharmaceutical manufacture..
"When Judy Garland died, it killed their economy."
On Mon, Jun 29, 2015 at 8:57 PM, Devin Monnens wrote:
> I never expected to see this one today: footage of Digital's Puerto Rican
> plant on MST3K: The Beast of Yucca Fl
I never expected to see this one today: footage of Digital's Puerto Rican
plant on MST3K: The Beast of Yucca Flats! The PDP-8 is featured.
https://youtu.be/BRhGW53eoxY?t=26m33s
--
Devin Monnens
www.deserthat.com
The sleep of Reason produces monsters.
> >> Well, ok, if your list was intended as a "first VAX" only list, then
> >
> > That is what I believe the OP was asking for,
>
> Yes. But I would never dream of suggesting a VAX-11/780 as a "first VAX"
> either... I think most people would not even know what to do if
> presented with 500 Kg of
I recently got a Microvax 3100 and a VAX 4000-200, very pleased with how
easy they are to work with. I have had a lot more issues with
Alpahservers. VAX/Aphas running one flavor or another of openVMS.
I agree with Ian, think the 3100's are a good starter VAX. My 3100 system
has two SCSI externa
Re: 11/780 as first VAX: no. That's just silly. I restored a pair of
11/785s (one a field-updated /780) for LCM. They're a wonderful machine,
and I really really want one - after I win the lottery and can afford the
power and space for it and can take the time to get and keep it running.
Get a
On 29/06/2015 20:29, Brent Hilpert wrote:
If you're handy with a screwdriver and soldering iron, and near TNMOC:
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-33291036
I used to repair Acorn equipment (ie mostly BBC Micros) for a living,
but I'm a bit too far from Bletchley for it to be practical
Hi Jay,
I'm desperate for H960s and need a tape drive anyway. I'll pay to have it
professionally moved.
Thanks, Paul
On Mon, Jun 29, 2015 at 5:44 PM, Jay West wrote:
> A gentleman in Miami Springs, FL emailed me and has the following
> available:
>
>
>
> Two DEC H960 cabinets with headers & si
A gentleman in Miami Springs, FL emailed me and has the following available:
Two DEC H960 cabinets with headers & side panels containing the below
11/34 cpu
Three RL01/RL02 drives (picture seems to show 1 rl02 and 2 rl01s, cant be
sure)
TE10W ½ mag tape drive
Full library of RSXM manuals
On 2015-06-29 21:35, tony duell wrote:
Well, ok, if your list was intended as a "first VAX" only list, then
That is what I believe the OP was asking for,
Yes. But I would never dream of suggesting a VAX-11/780 as a "first VAX"
either... I think most people would not even know what to do if
I've been looking for a printset for the VAX 6000-600 for a long time.
I've never found one.-- Ian
On Mon, Jun 29, 2015 at 12:35 PM, tony duell
wrote:
> >
> > Well, ok, if your list was intended as a "first VAX" only list, then
>
> That is what I believe the OP was asking for,
>
> > fair eno
>
> Well, ok, if your list was intended as a "first VAX" only list, then
That is what I believe the OP was asking for,
> fair enough. I would not consider most of those machines as good first
> VAXen either. Although, the 6000 is actually not that hard, nor some of
> the small 8000-machines, su
> On Jun 29, 2015, at 3:19 PM, Toby Thain wrote:
>
> On 2015-06-29 1:26 PM, Paul Koning wrote:
>>
>>> On Jun 29, 2015, at 11:26 AM, Toby Thain wrote:
>>> ...
>>> There's reason to believe it's "Chalet". See my previous mail for a link to
>>> one revival of that family.
>>
>> I looked at that
If you're handy with a screwdriver and soldering iron, and near TNMOC:
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-33291036
On 2015-06-29 21:21, tony duell wrote:
So, where would you place a VAX8650 in there? Or the 6000- or
7000-series? :-D
(Or, drool, a 9000?)
Those come under the 'many other families' I would argue that those machines
are much rarer and much harder to maintain than the 3 families I suggested for
>
> So, where would you place a VAX8650 in there? Or the 6000- or
> 7000-series? :-D
> (Or, drool, a 9000?)
Those come under the 'many other families' I would argue that those machines
are much rarer and much harder to maintain than the 3 families I suggested for
a _first_ VAX. In fact having see
On 2015-06-29 1:26 PM, Paul Koning wrote:
On Jun 29, 2015, at 11:26 AM, Toby Thain wrote:
On 2015-06-29 10:59 AM, Paul Koning wrote:
On Jun 28, 2015, at 6:34 PM, simon wrote:
It seems to me that pdp8 is written in futura bold
Where? In the picture that Bill posted, you can see what I t
On 2015-06-29 18:08, tony duell wrote:
on real hardware. What would be the best machine for a beginner to VAX
Hardware to start out with?
I think you need to think very carefully about what you want this machine to do.
The ideal VAX for me is not going to necessarily be the ideal VAX for you.
> On Jun 29, 2015, at 10:59 AM, Paul Koning wrote:
>
> ...
> I’ll attach the “handbook.ttf” file — we’ll see if this list will deliver
> that.
It didn’t, but John Wilson kindly agreed to host it. You can find it at
www.dbit.com/pub/misc/handbook.ttf (or ftp::/ftp.dbit equiv).
paul
> On Jun 29, 2015, at 10:28 AM, tony duell wrote:
>
>>
>> To give folks an idea of how much stuff I had jammed into my (many) storage
>> units, as I was
>> going through them trying to figure out what I'd keep and what I would
>> "dispose" of, I found a
>> VAX 11/780 that I didn't know that I
> To give folks an idea of how much stuff I had jammed into my (many) storage
> units, as I was
> going through them trying to figure out what I'd keep and what I would
> "dispose" of, I found a
> VAX 11/780 that I didn't know that I had. I knew that I had one in storage
> as I was digging/sort
>
> To give folks an idea of how much stuff I had jammed into my (many) storage
> units, as I was
> going through them trying to figure out what I'd keep and what I would
> "dispose" of, I found a
> VAX 11/780 that I didn't know that I had. I knew that I had one in storage
> as I was digging/so
> On Jun 29, 2015, at 11:26 AM, Toby Thain wrote:
>
> On 2015-06-29 10:59 AM, Paul Koning wrote:
>>
>>> On Jun 28, 2015, at 6:34 PM, simon wrote:
>>>
>>> It seems to me that pdp8 is written in futura bold
>>
>> Where? In the picture that Bill posted, you can see what I think is
>> a
> dec cu
> On Jun 29, 2015, at 9:08 AM, tony duell wrote:
>
>> on real hardware. What would be the best machine for a beginner to VAX
>> Hardware to start out with?
>
> I think you need to think very carefully about what you want this machine to
> do.
> The ideal VAX for me is not going to necessarily
> on real hardware. What would be the best machine for a beginner to VAX
> Hardware to start out with?
I think you need to think very carefully about what you want this machine to
do.
The ideal VAX for me is not going to necessarily be the ideal VAX for you.
In general there are 3 classes of VA
Hello everyone!
I have a J932SE system I am interested in selling.
It has 32 CPUs and if I remember correctly 2 megawords of memory.
IOS-V chassis (4x VME sparcstations that network boot from Sun
Sparcstation 5 SWS that provide io path to disks.)
4x 9GB hard drives. Seagate full height with
On 2015-06-29 10:59 AM, Paul Koning wrote:
On Jun 28, 2015, at 6:34 PM, simon wrote:
It seems to me that pdp8 is written in futura bold
Where? In the picture that Bill posted, you can see what I think is
a
dec custom font in labels like “industrial 11” and “power supply".
That’s the same f
> On Jun 28, 2015, at 6:34 PM, simon wrote:
>
> It seems to me that pdp8 is written in futura bold
Where? In the picture that Bill posted, you can see what I think is a dec
custom font in labels like “industrial 11” and “power supply". That’s the same
font that was used on the covers of pdp
where are you located?
On Jun 29, 2015 6:06 AM, "devin davison" wrote:
> I have had an interest in the DEC VAX line of computers for some time now
> and am trying to find a good place to get a system to start out with. The
> main pourpose being to have a machine to use VMS on. I have been running
Hi Devin,
Assuming you are in CONUS, checking eBay and hanging out on this list is
probably the best places to check ... I would suggest for you a VAXstation
3100 series ... especially if you can find a 3100/76 for not too much
money, it makes a pretty good machine... I paid maybe $130 for mine,
"
All,
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On 2015-06-29 3:54 AM, simon wrote:
the front of the internal bus options maintenance manual in front of me.
But looking at the f in 8/f gives me the impression they mixed some
fonts for the logo and taking a closer look at the line:
"digital equipment corporation . maynard. massachusetts"
is p
On 06/29/2015 06:23 AM, jwsmobile wrote:
>
> Please use an ID which can receive emails. I have info but didn't feel it
> useful to post for the list first. You can't get help if you can't get
> emails.
>
> We all get spam and bouncing the problem to people like those here on the list
> who want
I have had an interest in the DEC VAX line of computers for some time now
and am trying to find a good place to get a system to start out with. The
main pourpose being to have a machine to use VMS on. I have been running
VMS on emulated hardware via SIMH, however i would like to move to running
on
I thought I'd seen a call for a keyboard for some terminal in the recent
past. This one may be of interest on its own, or may be a good starting
point for building up a keyboard for a system.
Texas-Instruments-914-Keyboard-943632-1B-Vintage
http://www.ebay.com/itm/221811058146
:-) ze web to ze rescue: grabbing a png from the pdf of the
maintanance manual and uploading it to myfonts.com points me to the font
"rescue regular". but it is not perfect as the verticals have rounded
ends on "rescue" and straight on the dec font.
another is "insignia" but having the wron
the front of the internal bus options maintenance manual in front of me.
But looking at the f in 8/f gives me the impression they mixed some
fonts for the logo and taking a closer look at the line:
"digital equipment corporation . maynard. massachusetts"
is proving both of us wrong. the y in m
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