[TUHS] pdp11 question

[Nick Downing]

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 at 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:
> >> On Sat, Nov 13, 2010 at 02:38:29PM -1000, Tim Newsham wrote:
> >>> 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.
> >
> > 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.
>
> 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=112#Photo-2
> or
>
> http://www.lemis.com/grog/photos/Photos.php?dirdate=20061027&imagesizes=13#Photo-1
> 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.
>
> > 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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