11/70 board set on e-bay. . .

[Sridhar Ayengar]

Tom Uban wrote:
> Gordon JC Pearce wrote:
>> On Tuesday 15 January 2008 02:36:27 Patrick Finnegan wrote:
>>> On Monday 14 January 2008 18:45, Richard wrote:
>>>> In article <BAY141-W10B269662BC83BA4F935D986460 at phx.gbl>,
>>>>
>>>>     Henk Gooijen <henk.gooijen at hotmail.com>  writes:
>>>>> [...]  Nevertheless, a shame that the machine is
>>>>> scapped and only the boards survived.
>>>> Better that than nothing.  How hard is it to get a suitable cabinet
>>>> and unibus backplane?  (Assuming this is unibus.)
>>> The cardcage would be difficult, but probably not impossible, especially
>>> if you had the backplane.  With out the (custom to the 11/70)
>>> backplane, you can have man-months of joy-filled wire-wrapping to
>>> create a new one...
>>
>> You never know, it might be worth contacting the seller and asking if 
>> they can pull the backplane if it hasn't gone already...
>>
>> A boardset is indeed better than nothing though.
> 
> FWIW, I have two 11/70 machines plus a spare backplane. One of my machines
> was a complete original, the other I put together from spare parts. Before
> anyone dives into this sort of project, they should fully understand what
> they are in for. In order to add the conventional core memory used on an
> 11/70, there is another set of external boxes required as the 11/70 does
> not use the ordinary Unibus memory. Then there is the consideration of 
> power,
> front panel, etc.
> 
> Still, while I would love to have this set of boards as spares, if they
> go for some large price tag and someone needs a backplane for a BIG 
> project,
> I would be willing to part with my spare backplane.

I will be attempting to bid on the boardset, and I would love to acquire 
your backplane if I win.

Peace...  Sridhar