Digital DEC 3000

Rob Jarratt robert.jarratt at ntlworld.com
Mon Apr 26 13:35:04 CDT 2021


I am sure there would be plenty of people who would be willing to take it off your hands. You don't say where in the world it is located though, but guessing from your email address it might be somewhere in the UK, so I might be interested.

Regards

Rob

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cctalk <cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org> On Behalf Of Rob Laz via cctalk
> Sent: 26 April 2021 19:10
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> Subject: Digital DEC 3000
> 
> 
>   Digital DEC 3000
> 
> I have an old DEC 3000 unit that I no longer have time or space for, and was
> wondering what to do with it.
> 
> The rear plate shows PE42A-B9, CPU KN17, DEC 3000 600S and the ROM has a
> sticker showing Dec 1989.
> 
> I have a video cable but not a suitable monitor so can't fully test it but I think
> it is booting up OK as the diagnostic LED's on the rear show
> 11011101 or DD in hex which I think means it has booted OK to console.
> 
> It has been running in the past and my last efforts were probably 10+ years
> ago when I installed VMS version 7 with a guest licence.
> 
> I also have a few peripherals including a SZ12 disk unit, LK201 keyboard,
> circular mouse and various SCSI and video cables.
> 
> It has been stored in my garage which is not totally sealed so it has suffered a
> little corrosion to the rear connectors but it looks recoverable.
> 
> All thoughts and opinions welcome.



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