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Oldbitcollector.... still collecting old bits ??

pjvpjv Posts: 1,903
edited 2013-04-16 09:12 in General Discussion
To Jeff Ledger;

Jeff I've been trying my darndest to get in touch with you, but so far in vain. Last year (October-ish) you spoke about interest in a PDP11/34 that I have targeted for the scrap heap. If you still have interest, I will hold on to it for you, but I'm getting some pressure to clear it out. I do need to deal with it at some point, and would appreciate hearing your intentions.

Please advise.

Cheers,

Peter (pjv)

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  • Oldbitcollector (Jeff)Oldbitcollector (Jeff) Posts: 8,091
    edited 2013-04-15 16:09
    Thanks for the heads up!

    Yes, I still want to take that PDP11/34 off your hands, please hold it if you can while I try to come up with a way to make this happen.

    (Sorry to everyone else who got sucked into this conversation!) -- Anyone got a moving truck come south from Canada?

    Jeff

    pjv wrote: »
    To Jeff Ledger;

    Jeff I've been trying my darndest to get in touch with you, but so far in vain. Last year (October-ish) you spoke about interest in a PDP11/34 that I have targeted for the scrap heap. If you still have interest, I will hold on to it for you, but I'm getting some pressure to clear it out. I do need to deal with it at some point, and would appreciate hearing your intentions.

    Please advise.

    Cheers,

    Peter (pjv)
  • skylightskylight Posts: 1,915
    edited 2013-04-16 04:09
    Typed into google and found these great you tube videos, plenty of in-jokes to make you chuckle, you have to watch all four parts, also watch the more serious PDP8 videos to see machine language programs entered via switches, ahh the good old days!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XV-7J5y1TQc
  • Dr_AculaDr_Acula Posts: 5,484
    edited 2013-04-16 04:59
    I've got this strange mental image of Oldbitcollector collecting old data bits. Used bytes. Second hand nibbles. Words with motheaten holes. Longs stuffed into boxes in the attic.

    Just letting my mind wander...
  • skylightskylight Posts: 1,915
    edited 2013-04-16 05:14
    I believe he doesn't own a BINary
  • GadgetmanGadgetman Posts: 2,436
    edited 2013-04-16 09:12
    Not a PDP8, but...

    I remember the help system on the PDP11/750...

    you just typed 'HELP command' and got a wall of text.

    Except... if you typed 'HELP ME' you got 'NO HELP AVAILABLE FOR YOU'
    (any other mistyped command, and it would respond 'NO HELP AVAILABLE FOR xxxxxx' where the xxxxxx was the mistyped command)
    Someone, somewhere at Digital not only had the foresight to realise some bored/frustrated/clueless operator would type it, but actually had enough of sense of humour to do something about it...
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