Subject: WT/78, RX02, DecWriter IV Available

From: [email-masked] (John Atwood)
Date: Sun, 7 Aug 1994 15:48:26 GMT

I have the following DEC equipment available:
  VT/78-MA Desktop PDP-8
  RX-02 Dual 8" Floppy Drive
  DecWriter IV
  two sets of boot floppies

From the pdp8 models faq:

>Date of introduction:  1978
>Date of withdrawal:    1980 (Displaced by the DECmate)
>Also known as:  DECstation 78 
>
>Technology:  Intersil 6100 microprocessor, packaged in a VT52 case.  The
>	6100 processor was able to run at 4 MHz, but in the VT78, it was
>	only clocked at 2.2 MHz because of the speed of the DRAM used and
>	the deliberate use of graded out chips.
>
>Reason for introduction:  Using TTL MSI and LSI components, DEC could
>	pack their CPU into vacant space in a standard terminal case,
>	allowing PDP-8 systems to compete with personal computers in the
>	small business and office automation market.  This was a natural
>	follow-on to the desk-mounted workstation configurations in which
>	the PDP-8/A was already being sold.
>    ...

The system appears to work (it boots up and runs programs), however, the
ribbon on the DecWriter IV is dried-out.

This system is available to anyone in the S.F. Bay area. The only requirement
is that you make a donation (tax-deductable) of whatever amount you feel
it is worth to: Wat Buddhanusorn, a Thai Buddhist temple in Fremont, CA. This
system was donated to the temple some years ago, but was never really used. They
now use both Macintosh and PCs.

***> I will deliver the system anywhere in or around the S.F. Bay area!

If you are interested, contact me at: [email-masked], or FAX me
at: 408 985-2006.

 - John Atwood
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