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- From: keith@cco.caltech.edu (Keith Allan Schneider)
- Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers
- Subject: Re: WANTED: PDP-10 or 11
- Date: 23 Nov 1992 01:24:45 GMT
- Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
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- alderson@elaine46.Stanford.EDU (Rich Alderson) writes:
-
- >As for the PDP-11, that is still a production machine from DEC, in certain
- >models. They are mini-tower boxes, like an old micro-VAX.
-
- >And there was just a discussion of the value of old PDP-11 boxes on
- >alt.folklore.computers, as well. You might see if it has not expired on your
- >system.
-
- Hmm, there is still a PDP-11 in use here in one of the Physics Lab courses.
- Of course, it is nearly obsolete. The only reason that it is still used
- is because the lab attendant doesn't wan't to learn some new system (or
- rewrite the software) -- he might retire in a few years. Basically, the
- 486's in the lab are much faster...
-
- keith
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