PDP-8/e and terminals in West Sussex, UK

[Ian King]

I have a VAX 3520 ("Firefox") processor board.  I have no enclosure for it - it is based on the "M-bus", which just isn't all that commonly seen since it was only used for the 3520 and 3540.  But I bought it on ePay just because "It Was There".

I'm such a geek.

Oh, and I keep watching for an enclosure, a backplane... something to plug it into.  I'd just love to see the boot prompt.

I'm such a geek.  Cheers -- Ian
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From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org [cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of David Griffith [dgriffi at cs.csubak.edu]
Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2008 7:05 PM
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Subject: Re: PDP-8/e and terminals in West Sussex, UK

On Wed, 5 Nov 2008, Chuck Guzis wrote:

> Tony Duell wrote:
>
> > What do people consider to be the 'holy grails' of classic computer
> > collecting?
>
> Do people collect CPUs that no longer have peripherals or are bereft
> of any sort of software?
>
> If so, what is done with them, other than to use them as doorstops?

Maybe that's the thought process that leads to things like the VAX wet
bar.

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David Griffith
dgriffi at cs.csubak.edu

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