[personal] Re: UK PDP 11/10 - 11/40 NGTE Installations

[Mike Hatch]

Adrian, Hi.

>I guess it's all a Tesco warehouse now.

Far from it, Tesco's have pulled out after a spirited campaign by a local 
group,over 12,000 signatures against. Tesco's had also at the same time put 
in for the same size development as Pyestock (1.3M Sq ft) at Andover 
Airfield and they went for that one after the campaign success. At the 
moment the Pyestock developers now only have a speculative application with 
no takers, but they are still pressing ahead.

Recent photos on the exploration forums show that demolition machines have 
moved onto the Pyestock site, so it seem some parts of it are coming down. 
Also security on site has apparently got a whole lot tighter (dogs).

> I'd forgotten I was supposed to try and get round Pyestock with the 
> creator
> of that site but Life Events got in the way and I even see he hasn't 
> updated
> it since shortly after said Events.

He is still doing some updates I gather, the most recent prompted my post 
about the Pyestock PDP's.
Should a trip be planned let me know, interested in going, I worked there 
for almost 10 years in the computing department.

Best regards,
Mike Hatch

Web - www.soemtron.org
Email - mike at soemtron.org

Looking for a PDP-7 (some hope!)




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Adrian Graham" <witchy at binarydinosaurs.co.uk>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" 
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Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 10:43 PM
Subject: [personal] Re: UK PDP 11/10 - 11/40 NGTE Installations


> On 4/6/08 17:28, "Mike Hatch" <mike at brickfieldspark.org> wrote:
>
>> For those intersted in DEC equipment and one aspect of their their usage 
>> (UK
>> I'm afraid)
>> Details of a now defunct Military installation that used various DEC
>> computers has recently gone online.
>> These documents from about 1980 show PDP 11/10's and 11/40's used for jet
>> engine research and how they were utilised.
>> I was the tech involved in the installation of the 11/40 in the mid 
>> 1970's,
>> and maintenance at that time of the PDP7, SDS9300 and Elliot 803B 
>> systems. I
>> also lists an ICL1904s running George Mk 8.64.
>>
>> It was all decomissioned in 2002, who knows where all the kit went but 
>> the
>> urban explorer forums say it has all gone. Typical UK government, we dont
>> want it so nobody can have it.
>
> Thanks Mike,
>
> I'd forgotten I was supposed to try and get round Pyestock with the 
> creator
> of that site but Life Events got in the way and I even see he hasn't 
> updated
> it since shortly after said Events. I guess it's all a Tesco warehouse 
> now.
>
> -- 
> Adrian/Witchy
> Binary Dinosaurs creator/curator
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