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- From: mgcbo@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu (Charles B. Owen)
- Subject: PDP-8 Collectors
- Message-ID: <Bx946L.KCM@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu>
- Organization: Educational Computing Network
- Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 16:23:09 GMT
- Lines: 31
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- I was very interested to notice this new newsgroup. I have long been
- interested in obtaining a small PDP-8 system as a collector item,
- to restore and get operational. I think lots of the machines are still
- floating around (???)
-
- Questions:
-
- Is anyone else doing this, as just a hobby (not maintaining one for
- business use)?
-
- How available is software that I would not have to pay DEC for? Much PD
- available? For obsolete hardware, it would almost make sense for DEC to
- give the stuff away.
-
- Any problem maintaining these systems? I am very good at electronics,
- so I can handle anything I can get parts for. But, are there many
- custom parts that are difficult to obtain? (particularly mechanical
- parts) DEC still support? (Reasonably)
-
- Any idea what used systems are costing? I an talking about the real
- PDP-8's, not the Rainbows.
-
- Thanks for any comments.
- Charles B. Owen
-
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