I think I stepped through all the responses and no one mentioned coming to a workshop in Wall Township. The club, MARCH, holds them roughly monthly. There you can have a number of our seasoned restores take a look with you, and there is a decent chance of crossing paths with David Gesswein. https://vcfed.org/repair-workshops/ Douglas Crawford VCF Mid-Atlantic Museum Mgr InfoAge Science & History Museums 2201 Marconi Road Wall, NJ 07719 On 1/20/2025 4:14 PM, therenguy via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
Hello,
My name is Randy Kaplan and I am joining this list to obtain some information and help.
I am a long time computing professional (50 years or so), have built my own hardware, and have been a software developer for many years. I also have many years of teaching computer science at the University level - not entirely relevant, just for background.
In any event I am the owner of an intact PDP-8/e that was operating once upon a time when I received it. A kind person gave it to me because they had too much hardware and needed a loving home for it. That is how I came to own it. At one point in my career many years ago I was invited to DEC to write code for a similar computer.
I am looking for someone to help me restore it to operating condition. It has not been used for many years and has been sitting and moved between many closets. I have its power supply also.
Can someone help kick off this adventure with me? I would be very interested in having a conversation with anyone who can make suggestions on how to proceed, who to contact, and if perhaps someone is interested, would like to help with such a project. I understand there are sessions help by VCF in this region, I live in PA, and I would certainly be willing to attend such a session.
Please let me know with any information you might think is helpful.
Thanks in advance for your assistance.
Regards,
Randy Kaplan