[geeks] [david at aulis.demon.co.uk: Re: PDP 11/84]

[Bill Bradford]

Free PDP 11/84 for rescue in the UK.

Please contact David directly if you're in the UK and can rescue this
machine.. Also, can someone who is on classiccmp forward this to that
list as well?

thanks.

Bill

----- Forwarded message from David Warden <david at aulis.demon.co.uk> -----

Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2002 21:59:44 +0100
From: David Warden <david at aulis.demon.co.uk>
To: mrbill at mrbill.net
Subject: Re: PDP 11/84
Cc: david at aulis.demon.co.uk

Bill,

Thanks for your prompt reply.

Please do forward my details to your contacts in the UK.  I look forward to
hearing from them.

Its great to get such a positive response.  I have been trying on and off for
about a year to find a new home for this machine as I really do need the 
space.  I've always thought it was too good for scrap which was why I 
saved it in the first place.

Its in two DEC cabinets each 40in high x 20in wide x 30in deep.  Once I've
dug it out from under three years accumulated clutter I can send further
details and/or pictures to anyone who is interested.  It spent most of its
life in a climate-controlled equipment room at the hospital and I've
kept it in the house since so it is in quite clean condition.

Once again, thanks for your help.

Best Regards,

David.

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David,

With your permission, I'll forward this to a group of people who collect
and rescue such machines from the skip and give them a good home.  I'd take
it myself, if I wasnt thousands of miles away. 8-)

Let me know, and I'll forward this and have people contact you directly.

Bill

On Mon, Oct 21, 2002 at 10:50:45PM +0100, David Warden wrote:
> Dear Sir,
> I am trying to find a good home for a DEC PDP 11/84 mini computer (circa 1986 
> vintage) which I salvaged in 1997 and whose space I now need.
> The working (when last powered up in 1999) system comprises the following
> main components:
> 11X84-BB
> TU80-CB
> RA81-AD
> and boots DSM 11 version 4.1.
> It was in use until 1997 running a laborartory system at a district 
> general hospital.  Since then it has been stored in the study at my house in 
> Gloucestershire, England.
> I am keen that this system should go to someone who will appreciate it
> and not just strip it for spares or try to sell it.  If you have any
> bona fide contacts in the South West of England who might be interested then 
> I would be grateful if you could forward my e-mail details on to them.
> I do not want to advertise on the web or in the news groups since I don't
> want to get spam for everafter and want to be sure that anyone I deal with is
> genuine.
> Thanks in anticipation of your help. 
> Yours faithfully,
> David Warden

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