Subject: PDP-8e for sale, trade, or giveaway

From: [email-masked] (Stephen R Holmes)
Date: Sat, 23 Jul 1994 02:08:16 GMT

Complete, working PDP-8e minicomputer to sell, trade, or
giveaway!  Originally configured as a data communications
switch from Digital Communications Associates (DCA), comes
with extended mother-board, 48 programmable serial I/O
ports, "ASCII front panel" console interface (as well as
the zillion front-panel lamps and toggle-switches),
heavy-duty external P/S in addition to the PDP-8e built-
in.  Rack-mounted in standard 19" six-foot rack, on
wheels.

Also included: lots of software (on paper tape!), paper-
tape reader/punch(!), lots of documentation (including
some board schematics), and many spare boards.

Terms:
 (1) Cash: no reasonable offer refused.
 (2) Trade: anything remotely useful for a Macintosh user.
 (3) Giveaway: if you have a genuine need and (1) and (2)
     are out of the question for you.

The Catch:  U-haul, from Clifton, VA area (about 20 miles
            west of Washington, DC)

Best offer gets this priceless showpiece of 12-bit
technology!  PLEASE e-mail any offer to:  [email-masked]

/srh

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From: [email-masked] (Douglas W. Jones,201H MLH,3193350740,3193382879)
Date: 25 Jul 1994 01:38:25 GMT

>From article <[email-masked]>,
by [email-masked] (Stephen R Holmes):
> Rack-mounted in standard 19" six-foot rack, on wheels.
> 

I've hauled such systems in a Dodge Caravan.  You have to
remove both rear seats, pull everything from the rack,
including side skins and front and back door, then slide
the rack into the van, then carefully pack the sides and
door on top of the rack (separated by carpet scraps, tied
down securely), then carefully fit the rack mounted pieces
into the van beside or inside the rack.  It works out pretty
well, in my experience.

Unplug cables with care, recording where they came from,
and take any other notes you need to get it all back together.
Don't lose those 10-32 screws!  DEC uses a nice grade of
screw quite a bit better than anything I've found in local
hardware stores.
				Doug Jones
				[email-masked]