Yep - A bit worse then the licensed and functional AT&T Definity that was parted out by personal unknown to "salvage" the gold contacts from the backplane... On 11/23/2023 9:24 AM, Dave McGuire via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
THE BLOOD BOILS.
On 11/23/23 09:20, Martin A. Flynn via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
https://compdecon.org/amdahl/amdahl_5890.pdf if there are any doubts...
On 11/23/2023 9:15 AM, Dave McGuire via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
The Amdahl was functional? Seriously? The first time I saw it, it was an empty box.
-Dave
On 11/23/23 09:14, Martin A. Flynn via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
Hopefully it did not meet the same fate as the operable Amdahl 42 MIP ECL that AT&T donated to InfoAge in 1997...
On 11/23/2023 9:08 AM, Dave McGuire via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
Sure looks like it. There's a PDP-11/20 and an IBM-rebadged Calcomp 565, and a MARCH sign in the frame.
-Dave
On 11/22/23 22:56, Douglas Crawford via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
I never saw the machine in Dave G.s photos. Is photo #39 in our premises?
On 11/22/2023 3:32 PM, Dave McGuire via vcf-midatlantic wrote: > On November 22, 2023 3:23:58 PM David Gesswein via > vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote: >> On Wed, Nov 22, 2023 at 02:51:43PM -0500, Thomas G via >> vcf-midatlantic wrote: >>> We have the top plate for a burroughs B80 - portions of the >>> chassis of >>> either that machine or an L 7000 as pictured above remain >>> extant in the >>> warehouse. >> >> Do we not have the full B80? Pics from pickup and it in the >> museum at one point. >> >> www.pdp8online.com/misc/b80.zip > > Here we go again.. ;) > > (this has been discussed ad infinitum on the steering > committee mailing list) > > -Dave > > -- > Dave McGuire, AK4HZ > New Kensington, PA > >