On Sun, 25 Jan 2015, John Wilson wrote:
That's where all the 20A outlets are! (For hot plates etc. I guess, but
also good for soldering irons and twist-lock adapters within reason.)
Someday I'd like to run more outlets including 220 to the home office, where all of the stuff is. I've had to delcline systems with hefty power requirements (hefty being more than I have available without involving an electrician)
I get offers from time to time for systems, but I want to be able to *do* something with them. Plus, the power bill.
Also, FWIW - MISER and FRUGAL are up (MISER is a real Alphaserver DS10, FRUGAL is an emulated VAX) and I can reach MIM via LEGATO at present.
For instance, this might be non DEC but I was offered a semi-decent AS/400 system relatively recently, and declined as I hadn't the slightest idea on what I'd do with it. I was *this* close.
Fred
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From: Steve Davidson <steve at davidson.net>
Is your "lab" in your dining room?
That's where all the 20A outlets are! (For hot plates etc. I guess, but
also good for soldering irons and twist-lock adapters within reason.)
John Wilson
D Bit
Excellent. Good score. Boot 'em up! It's good for the soul!
-Dave
On 01/25/2015 03:39 PM, Steve Davidson wrote:
Local pickup from a friend who no longer had a need. I offered to take them and give them a good home.
-Steve
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On Jan 25, 2015, at 15:35, Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com> wrote:
On 01/25/2015 10:50 AM, steve at davidson.net wrote:
There is ALWAYS room for a REAL PDP-11! :-)
:-)
I just picked up four (4) PDP-11/73's in the BA23 boxes.
Hey, were those from (or via) Jay West just last week?
-Dave
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New Kensington, PA
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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ/3
New Kensington, PA
Is your "lab" in your dining room? My wife would shoot me if I did that - so they are in a dedicated room. Nothing but systems... And white noise of course
-Steve
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On Jan 25, 2015, at 15:39, Mark Wickens <mark at wickensonline.co.uk> wrote:
Hi Stuart - I'm not worried about hanging on to them as long as they go to someone in the end. I'd be very surprised if you couldn't patch at least one together but at the moment my head and dining room aren't up for the challenge.
Mark.
On 25 January 2015 at 20:37, Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com> wrote:
On 01/25/2015 01:13 PM, John Wilson wrote:
>> I could not find sufficient space for such a large object anywhere =
>> reasonable.
>
> Yeah that's the part that's just line noise. What are you sitting on
> right now? Couldn't it be a PDP-11 instead? And do you sleep lying
> down? That space could be put to better use.
I like the way you think, John. B-)
> John Wilson (whose dining room has an 11/34a and an 11/93 in it, kitchen
> has two RK05s, living room has a BA23 with a Mentec CPU, etc. etc. etc.)
Excellent.
-Dave
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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ/3
New Kensington, PA
I should visit that mecca to DEC computing at some point Steve, if invited
Mark.
On 25 January 2015 at 20:39, Steve Davidson <steve at davidson.net> wrote:
Local pickup from a friend who no longer had a need. I offered to take them and give them a good home.
-Steve
Sent from my iPhone
> On Jan 25, 2015, at 15:35, Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com> wrote:
>
>> On 01/25/2015 10:50 AM, steve at davidson.net wrote:
>> There is ALWAYS room for a REAL PDP-11! :-)
>
> :-)
>
>> I just picked up four (4) PDP-11/73's in the BA23 boxes.
>
> Hey, were those from (or via) Jay West just last week?
>
> -Dave
>
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> Dave McGuire, AK4HZ/3
> New Kensington, PA
Hi Stuart - I'm not worried about hanging on to them as long as they go to someone in the end. I'd be very surprised if you couldn't patch at least one together but at the moment my head and dining room aren't up for the challenge.
Mark.
On 25 January 2015 at 20:37, Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com> wrote:
On 01/25/2015 01:13 PM, John Wilson wrote:
>> I could not find sufficient space for such a large object anywhere =
>> reasonable.
>
> Yeah that's the part that's just line noise. What are you sitting on
> right now? Couldn't it be a PDP-11 instead? And do you sleep lying
> down? That space could be put to better use.
I like the way you think, John. B-)
> John Wilson (whose dining room has an 11/34a and an 11/93 in it, kitchen
> has two RK05s, living room has a BA23 with a Mentec CPU, etc. etc. etc.)
Excellent.
-Dave
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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ/3
New Kensington, PA
Local pickup from a friend who no longer had a need. I offered to take them and give them a good home.
-Steve
Sent from my iPhone
On Jan 25, 2015, at 15:35, Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com> wrote:
On 01/25/2015 10:50 AM, steve at davidson.net wrote:
There is ALWAYS room for a REAL PDP-11! :-)
:-)
I just picked up four (4) PDP-11/73's in the BA23 boxes.
Hey, were those from (or via) Jay West just last week?
-Dave
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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ/3
New Kensington, PA
On 01/25/2015 01:13 PM, John Wilson wrote:
I could not find sufficient space for such a large object anywhere =
reasonable.
Yeah that's the part that's just line noise. What are you sitting on
right now? Couldn't it be a PDP-11 instead? And do you sleep lying
down? That space could be put to better use.
I like the way you think, John. B-)
John Wilson (whose dining room has an 11/34a and an 11/93 in it, kitchen
has two RK05s, living room has a BA23 with a Mentec CPU, etc. etc. etc.)
Excellent.
-Dave
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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ/3
New Kensington, PA
I was hoping to (finally) grab them from you mark at Dec Legacy this year...
On Sun, 25 Jan 2015 20:32 Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com> wrote:
On 01/25/2015 03:07 PM, Mark Wickens wrote:
> Well, I decided to trim the collection of fat over the past year or so.
> I haven't regretted it. There are still 3100s in the garage that really
> need to go to the skip - out of 5 of them I couldn't get one to work.
Whoa, hold on there. These machines aren't getting any more common,
you know. Their common failure modes are usually easy to fix. Please
at least give them to someone.
-Dave
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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ/3
New Kensington, PA
On 01/25/2015 10:50 AM, steve at davidson.net wrote:
There is ALWAYS room for a REAL PDP-11! :-)
:-)
I just picked up four (4) PDP-11/73's in the BA23 boxes.
Hey, were those from (or via) Jay West just last week?
-Dave
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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ/3
New Kensington, PA
