15 Nov
2010
15 Nov
'10
4:22 a.m.
Greg, I am in Melbourne and very interested in the 11/73. You might have
noticed in my earlier posts I'm a 2.11BSD experimenter, it would be really,
really great to have an 11 running 2.11BSD on my home network for
experiments. Do you have a DEQNA? It would be well looked after, though
space is a problem sometimes (as it is for everyone) and I may have to put
it in storage from time to time in my father's warehouse, I keep a lot of my
computer parts there. Like you, I am keen to see these important artifacts
preserved. If for some reason I couldn't keep it, I would probably donate
to the Australian Computer History Museum, the only problem with that is
they're in Sydney. I would be really keen to see some of these computers
staying in Melbourne where enthusiasts could access them...
cheers, Nick
PS. My wife will be furious ;)
On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 6:08 PM, Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog(a)lemis.com>
wrote:
On Saturday, 13 November 2010 at 18:59:46 -0700,
Warner Losh wrote:
On 11/13/2010 18:03, Larry McVoy wrote:
I wasn't aware of a MicroPDP-11, but I have an LSI-11/73, photos at
http://www.lemis.com/grog/photos/Photos.php?dirdate=20001122&imagesizes…
or
http://www.lemis.com/grog/photos/Photos.php?dirdate=20061027&imagesizes…
Clearly it's a little larger than a MicroVAX.
If anybody's interested, this machine is up for grabs. I don't want
any money for it, just the knowledge that it will be looked after. It
comes with a lot of tapes and (RL-02) disks, and also lots of
documentation. If anybody here in Australia wants it, you're welcome
to come and pick it up.
On Sat, Nov 13, 2010 at 02:38:29PM -1000, Tim
Newsham wrote:
The MicroPDP11 was in more or less the same form factor as the
MicroVAX I and II (also marketed as VaxStation I and II). It was
also known as something like the PDP 11/73. How much does an old pdp-11 type system cost
these
days (ie. a pdp-11/40 with disks and terminal capable
of running something like 1st, 6th or 7th ed)?
How much power do they take up to power on?
Whats maintenance like on those things?
I've always been curious.
Back in the day there was something called a microvax and I think there
was a micropdp - it was a tall slim thing. Might google that. I don't know if any of these ran Unix or
not, but you might look
into them. A few years ago, the PROs were really cheap and used
about the same power as a PC from 1985.
This one does. I gather the architecture is identical to the
PDP-11/73. One of the tapes includes the 7th Edition.
Greg
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