Re: Pleas ID this IBM system....

2019-04-16 Thread Curious Marc via cctalk
Great! As Will says, this acquisition price is a small part of what it costs to move, install and repair the system, so they got a very reasonable deal. Can you at least tell us if it is coming stateside, or is it staying in Europe? Marc From: cctalk on behalf of "cctalk@classiccmp.org"

Re: ATEX PDP-11 For Sale in Houston

2019-04-16 Thread Robert via cctalk
On Tue, Apr 16, 2019 at 7:48 PM Jon Elson via cctalk wrote: > > > Wasn't the /34 all TTL? I'm pretty sure that my 11/34 is. That was a large part of its appeal to me. I should get back to it, when I have a minute... -- Robert

Re: Pleas ID this IBM system....

2019-04-16 Thread William Donzelli via cctalk
> I believe the intention is to attempt to restore the /20 + peripherals. > Not sure about plans for the 370. It is a huge task, but they are keen. Did they get docs and ALDs with the pile? Or is that a big unknown until they start actually pulling the machines out. The 3125 would likely be near

Re: Pleas ID this IBM system....

2019-04-16 Thread Lawrence Wilkinson via cctalk
On 16/04/2019 22:22, William Donzelli via cctalk wrote: > Clearly the pile was not purchased for scrap, so it will be > interesting to see where it ends up. We may never know, with the > secretive nature of big iron collectors.. I know one of the group that bought it, but I am not sure if they

Re: Pleas ID this IBM system....

2019-04-16 Thread William Donzelli via cctalk
> Huh? Sorry, but I'm not made of money, and obviously, we have different > oppinions about the value of a large system in unknown or mediocre > condition. It is not your fault or anything - you gave it a good try. I have been in the same boat, bidding what I could, but losing out. I think the

Re: Pleas ID this IBM system....

2019-04-16 Thread Christian Corti via cctalk
On Tue, 16 Apr 2019, William Donzelli wrote: Looks like it went for roughly $4k USD. Obviously logistics and storage cost play into things, but somebody got a deal. Dang. -C Assuming the innards of the machines were not all rust buckets - yes. I expected at least twice that, maybe triple.

Re: ATEX PDP-11 For Sale in Houston

2019-04-16 Thread Bill Gunshannon via cctalk
On 4/16/19 11:49 AM, Jon Elson via cctalk wrote: > On 04/15/2019 12:08 PM, Thomas Raguso via cctalk wrote: >> I am selling an Atex PDP-11/34. The computer has: J11 CPU, 11 MB RAM, 2 >> BA11-LE expansion chassis, a second backplane, an SMD disk controller and >> LAN hardware. >> >> > 11 MB ram on a

Re: ATEX PDP-11 For Sale in Houston

2019-04-16 Thread Bob Smith via cctalk
11/34 originally had a two board MSI chip set CPU, in two versions. 34 and 34a. J11 versions, sort of an 11/84 variant in a 34 chassis seem to have popped up. is it like this one? On Tue, Apr 16, 2019 at 12:56 AM Thomas Raguso via cctalk wrote: > > I am selling an Atex PDP-11/34. The computer

Re: Pleas ID this IBM system....

2019-04-16 Thread William Donzelli via cctalk
> Looks like it went for roughly $4k USD. Obviously logistics and storage > cost play into things, but somebody got a deal. Dang. -C Assuming the innards of the machines were not all rust buckets - yes. I expected at least twice that, maybe triple. But who knows - maybe the seller was not very

Re: ATEX PDP-11 For Sale in Houston

2019-04-16 Thread Ethan Dicks via cctalk
On Tue, Apr 16, 2019 at 10:49 AM Jon Elson via cctalk wrote: > On 04/15/2019 12:08 PM, Thomas Raguso via cctalk wrote: > > I am selling an Atex PDP-11/34. The computer has: J11 CPU, 11 MB RAM, 2 > > BA11-LE expansion chassis, a second backplane, an SMD disk controller and > > LAN hardware. > > >

Re: Pleas ID this IBM system....

2019-04-16 Thread Cory Heisterkamp via cctalk
On Tue, Apr 16, 2019 at 11:08 AM Noel Chiappa via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > From: Christian Corti > > > 3710 Euro... someone with definitely too much money ... So no, we did > > not get the system, and it probably won't go into a museum. > > Well, I did send you email

Re: Pleas ID this IBM system....

2019-04-16 Thread Noel Chiappa via cctalk
> From: Christian Corti > 3710 Euro... someone with definitely too much money ... So no, we did > not get the system, and it probably won't go into a museum. Well, I did send you email offering to contribute, to help you all buy it. Did my email not make it to you? Noel

Re: ATEX PDP-11 For Sale in Houston

2019-04-16 Thread Jon Elson via cctalk
On 04/15/2019 12:08 PM, Thomas Raguso via cctalk wrote: I am selling an Atex PDP-11/34. The computer has: J11 CPU, 11 MB RAM, 2 BA11-LE expansion chassis, a second backplane, an SMD disk controller and LAN hardware. 11 MB ram on a PDP-11? Is that possible? Also, was the J11 used in the

Re: Pleas ID this IBM system....

2019-04-16 Thread Christian Corti via cctalk
On Tue, 16 Apr 2019, Christian Corti wrote: On Mon, 15 Apr 2019, it was written you guys bidding on it then? Yes, but only up to a certain limit. 3710 Euro... someone with definitely too much money for a system in unknown condition and local pickup only. So no, we did not get the system,

Re: Pleas ID this IBM system....

2019-04-16 Thread Christian Corti via cctalk
On Mon, 15 Apr 2019, it was written you guys bidding on it then? Yes, but only up to a certain limit. Christian On Mon, Apr 8, 2019 at 4:53 AM Christian Corti via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: On Sun, 7 Apr 2019, P Gebhardt wrote: wow! ...Hopefully some larger museums or

Re: Adding floppy drives to my PDP-11?

2019-04-16 Thread Paul Anderson via cctalk
Sorry, I've been rather busy lately. I just looked and I have a few RXV11, M7946 left. Paul On Sun, Apr 14, 2019 at 5:29 PM Noel Chiappa via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > From: Charles Morris > > > it appears that the RXV21 will only work with an RX02 drive... > > So an