Well I am still holding out hope to find a vax 780 and get it running. I
did not think i would ever be able to find a pdp 11 , but one crossed my
path and i managed to pick it up. Perhaps one will still show up around
here somewhere. In the meantime ive been trying to stockpile parts for the
one da
> From: Devin Davison
> It looked like a good batch of boards and i was holding out on finding
> a machine.
I hope that "a machine" wasn't 'an empty machine to plug them into' - because
AFAICT the chances are that happening are basically zero. (People seem to
save either i) complete m
It looked like a good batch of boards and i was holding out on finding a
machine. Any good place to get a 11/780 aside from watching the local scrap
centers with my fingers crossed one will be there?
On Thu, Jun 9, 2016 at 4:24 PM, Mike Ross wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 10, 2016 at 6:01 AM, Josh Dersch
On Fri, Jun 10, 2016 at 6:01 AM, Josh Dersch wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 9, 2016 at 3:48 AM, Noel Chiappa
> wrote:
>
>> > From: Devin Davison
>>
>> > well there goes my plan of trying to keep it under the radar.
>>
>> Sorry, I didn't mean to upset your plan (and you); I just didn't know if
>> an
On Thu, Jun 9, 2016 at 3:48 AM, Noel Chiappa
wrote:
> > From: Devin Davison
>
> > well there goes my plan of trying to keep it under the radar.
>
> Sorry, I didn't mean to upset your plan (and you); I just didn't know if
> anyone was watching for VAX-11/780 parts, they come by so rarely.
> From: Devin Davison
> well there goes my plan of trying to keep it under the radar.
Sorry, I didn't mean to upset your plan (and you); I just didn't know if
anyone was watching for VAX-11/780 parts, they come by so rarely.
We have discussed this topic before, but let me recapitulate on
Devin wrote...
>well there goes my plan of trying to keep it under the radar.
There's no such thing anymore of seeing a classiccmp-related item on ebay
"under the radar". Everyone looks.
Think of that radar lower limit like the head/media gap... around 25 microns ;)
J
On 6/7/2016 11:47 AM, devin davison wrote:
well there goes my plan of trying to keep it under the radar.
you can go for the belt buckle. Actually, wonder if it is an estate
find, or if they scrapped or plan to scrap the rest of the machine. That
is always concerning in these cases.
I bought
well there goes my plan of trying to keep it under the radar.
On Tue, Jun 7, 2016 at 1:46 PM, Noel Chiappa
wrote:
> Here:
>
> http://www.ebay.com/itm/282059544477
>
> Low starting price.
>
> Noel
>
