[geeks] BEAUTIFUL rescue!!!

[D Bhargav]

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Sorry ...the nostalgia is contagious. My experience here.

Reminds me of the time when I worked on the PDP 11/05.
A simple rugged machine which worked for over 18 years till
as late as 1995.

Oh yeah, there was also a teletypewriter model LA-36 to
punch in commands and get the output. We used huge floppy
disks (bigger than the 5 1/4 inch ones). It was fun cranking 
up the system. In case something failed, we used to remove 
a few cards and start off with the minimum h/w config.

I was a fresher out of college in '93 when I first came across
this machine and I loved it! And I did learn lots of things, 
got my basics right because everything was so simple in the
machine.

Now I too can say that I did fiddle around a bit with one of 
those wonderful machines. Makes you feel like a pilot who has 
flown Spitfires as well as the latest fighters...

Bhargav

----- Original Message -----
From: Bill Bradford <mrbill at mrbill.net>
Date: Friday, August 24, 2001 10:52 am
Subject: [geeks] BEAUTIFUL rescue!!!

> I dont think Michael will mind me forwarding this.  BEAUTIFUL rescue
> of a DECsystem 1090 by him, Carl Friend (the guy who inspired me 
> to 
> get into collecting), and some other folks at RCS/RI:
> 
> ----
> (from m_thompson at ids.net)
> 
> It was de-installed by DEC in 1994 after it passed a full set of   
>             
> diagnostics. It has been in a climate controlled computer room for 
> the last     
> 7 years. Not a bit of dust on anything. We got the TOPS-10 install 
> tapes,       
> OS updates, DECtapes that boot the 11/40 front end and load 
> microcode,          
> three 11/34 front ends, and a generic MASSbus parallel port 
> device. We also     
> got a LP29, LA120, manuals, note books, documentation, prints, 
> sales            
> brochures...                                                       
>             
>                                                                   
>             
> All day people showed up, dropped off souveners from the machine, 
> and told      
> us what they did on the machine. There was a large gathering at 
> the truck       
> when we left.                                                      
>             
>                                                                   
>             
> You don't get that when a PC goes in the dumpster.                 
>             
>                                                                   
>             
> >> We picked up a complete DEC 1090 at Sikorsky yesterday. 14,000 
> pounds of     
> >> equipment!                                                      
>             
> >> http://starfish.rcsri.org/rcs/DECsystem/1090/DECsystem-
> 1090.html             
> ----
> 
> All I can say is, "wow".  I'd LOVE to see pictures of this machine in
> operation once they've got it set up.  I dont think you could get much
> better than this.  Stored since '94 in a HEPA-filtered room.  Wow.
> 
> Bill
> 
> -- 
> Bill Bradford
> mrbill at mrbill.net
> Austin, TX
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