[HECnet] LSSM/MACT update

Hey folks, slightly OT, but there's PDP-11 stuff in here. :) For those of you who aren't on (blech) Facebook, here's my post of a few minutes ago. -Dave ----- Hi folks! We have a great update for you today. Our fundraiser was successful, and we've just finished executing a successful four-stop road trip in a 26-foot rental truck. The first stop was local; we went to the University of Pittsburgh's CompSci building in downtown Pittsburgh. Pitt was kind enough to donate a large volume of DEC hardware to LSSM/MACT, constituting the bulk of their internal CompSci Department computer museum. There are several PDP-11s, but the centerpiece is an absolutely stunning PDP-11/t55 system with a large complement of peripherals including several RK05 and RK07 drives, two TU56+TC11 subsystems, a TU16 9-track tape drive, a Three Rivers Computer Unibus monitor...the list goes on and on. Lots of parts, documentation, RK05 and RK07 disk packs, etc etc. A big thanks to Dr. Bob Hoffman and the University of Pittsburgh for this fantastic donation! We'll have that PDP-11/t55 up and running soon. This equipment almost completely filled the truck, so we went back to the museum after that to unload. Next, we hit the road with an empty truck for Minneapolis, Minnesota, to pick up an HP-3000 series 39 system, complete with a 7978 9-track tape drive, a 7935 disk drive, and two 7914 disk/tape subsystems. Sadly there were no terminals, but the system is otherwise complete and in very good condition considering its age. It was donated by the family of Mr. Terry Stolp in his memory, and it will have a good home here. Next, we visited the positively huge IBM facility in Rochester, Minnesota where we picked up a model 3774 RJE terminal with a 3501 card reader, a 3521 card punch with controller, and a 3784 line printer. We thank IBM for this fantastic donation, and we appreciate their dedication to the preservation of their (large) part of history. Last but not least, we visited the amazing Steppenwolf Theatre in Chicago, where we picked up a beautiful and very rare Singer/Friden System Ten computer system, complete with two large disk drives, a line printer, two terminals, and documentation. Thanks to Chad Hain of Steppenwolf for this very unusual donation. The photo attached to this post is the System Ten's CPU. So now we're back and unloaded, and the truck is returned. When we are all recovered from this rather exhausting trip, we'll take some pictures and post them here for your viewing pleasure, over the next few days. Thank you all for your donations, which made this pickup run possible! -- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ New Kensington, PA