old DEC gear wanted

[Bob Adamson]

>  >Zane H. Healy wrote:
> 
> > >At 1:27 AM -0500 11/10/06, Curtis H. Wilbar Jr. wrote:
> >
> >> but I wouldn't be surprised if a few PDP11s are
> >> still doing some oddball stuff out there).
> >
> > They're still around in various settings, industrial, scientific,
> > business, etc.   They're used for such things as electron
microscopes,
> > spectrum analyzers, controlling parts of nuclear plants, etc.,
> > PDP-11's are still big business.  In some cases it's because they're
> > still working, why spend the money to replace, in others it would
> > simply cost more to replace than it does to keep them running
> > (typically places where qualifying new HW/SW can cost insane amounts
> > of money).
> 
It's not so long since I visited the Indian Space Agency in Bangalore
and they were using a couple of pdp11/34s to control their satellite
test rig.