27 Nov
2025
27 Nov
'25
4:54 a.m.
I am pleased to announce that we at LSSM have just gotten our
VAX-11/780 up and running!
Now we have to clean up the debugging and repair mess, clean up the
cabling, arrange for a permanent system disk, etc, then we will declare
it an "operational exhibit". Once that's done, it will be on HECnet
whenever it's up and running.
Of course all are welcome to come to LSSM in person and run the
machine. (feel the rumble in the floor, etc)
-Dave
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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA
27 Nov
27 Nov
8:56 a.m.
Hi Dave,
Great news. I hope you'll be publishing some pictures (perhaps before, during after)
of the restoration on the website?
Regards
Keith
-----Original Message-----
From: Dave McGuire [mailto:mcguire@neurotica.com]
Sent: 27 November 2025 03:54
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Subject: [HECnet] LSSM VAX-11/780 success
I am pleased to announce that we at LSSM have just gotten our
VAX-11/780 up and running!
Now we have to clean up the debugging and repair mess, clean up the cabling, arrange
for a permanent system disk, etc, then we will declare it an "operational
exhibit". Once that's done, it will be on HECnet whenever it's up and
running.
Of course all are welcome to come to LSSM in person and run the machine. (feel the
rumble in the floor, etc)
-Dave
--
Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA
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12:43 p.m.
I had forgotten how many boards went into a 780!
Congratulations on getting it going, I don't suppose anyone else has seen
those particular console error messages for a long time.
On Thu, 27 Nov 2025, 07:57 Keith Halewood, <Keith.Halewood(a)pitbulluk.org>
wrote:
Hi Dave,
Great news. I hope you'll be publishing some pictures (perhaps before,
during after) of the restoration on the website?
Regards
Keith
-----Original Message-----
From: Dave McGuire [mailto:mcguire@neurotica.com]
Sent: 27 November 2025 03:54
To: hecnet(a)lists.dfupdate.se
Subject: [HECnet] LSSM VAX-11/780 success
I am pleased to announce that we at LSSM have just gotten our
VAX-11/780 up and running!
Now we have to clean up the debugging and repair mess, clean up the
cabling, arrange for a permanent system disk, etc, then we will declare it
an "operational exhibit". Once that's done, it will be on HECnet whenever
it's up and running.
Of course all are welcome to come to LSSM in person and run the
machine. (feel the rumble in the floor, etc)
-Dave
--
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New Kensington, PA
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3:17 p.m.
On 11/27/25 06:43, Trevor Warwick wrote:
I had forgotten how many boards went into a 780!
Hoooboy yes. Lots of TTL. LOTS.
Congratulations on getting it going, I don't
suppose anyone else has
seen those particular console error messages for a long time.
Thanks! And yeah probably not!
-Dave
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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA
3:05 p.m.
Hey Keith! We didn't take many pictures, but we have a few. We'll
certainly publish a few though.
When we're working on stuff, at least some of us, we get pretty into
it and are bad about taking pictures and notes. We really need to be
better about that.
-Dave
On 11/27/25 02:56, Keith Halewood wrote:
Hi Dave,
Great news. I hope you'll be publishing some pictures (perhaps before, during after)
of the restoration on the website?
Regards
Keith
-----Original Message-----
From: Dave McGuire [mailto:mcguire@neurotica.com]
Sent: 27 November 2025 03:54
To: hecnet(a)lists.dfupdate.se
Subject: [HECnet] LSSM VAX-11/780 success
I am pleased to announce that we at LSSM have just gotten our
VAX-11/780 up and running!
Now we have to clean up the debugging and repair mess, clean up the cabling, arrange
for a permanent system disk, etc, then we will declare it an "operational
exhibit". Once that's done, it will be on HECnet whenever it's up and
running.
Of course all are welcome to come to LSSM in person and run the machine. (feel the
rumble in the floor, etc)
-Dave
--
Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA
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