[rescue] PDP on EBay

Phil Stracchino phil.stracchino at speakeasy.net
Tue May 29 06:38:46 CDT 2007


Robert Darlington wrote:
> Don't know about a pdp/8, but you can see a pdp11/70 up and running in
> full force @ the VLA office here in New Mexico.  I was pretty
> surprised to see a 30 year old system handling signal combining from
> the big radio telescope dishes.  The best computers I saw on their
> desks were a mix of Sun Ultra 1's and some fairly old PCs.
> 
> Bob


Are they a potential grateful recipient for donations of less-obsolete
hardware?  U2s, U30s, etc?


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