Best DEC story every. You win HECnet. sampsa <sampsa at mac.com> mobile +44 7961 149465 On 16 Jan 2014, at 18:44, Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com> wrote: On 01/16/2014 01:42 PM, Dave McGuire wrote: It *almost* makes me want to get the missus to drape herself over an Alphaserver, or such like... ;) We may be skirting the edge here, but I've Done The Deed atop a VAX-8700. It's now Sridhar's machine, but it was thoroughly cleaned. =) Oh yes, I should note the other DEC tie-in: The other, erm, "participant" was the daughter of a fairly early former DEC hardware designer; he did (amongst other things) the KMC11, if memory serves. -Dave -- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ New Kensington, PA