Date: Thu, 23 Apr 1998 20:10:50 +0200 (MET DST)
From: Johnny Billquist <bqt@Update.UU.SE>
To: Tim Bradshaw <tfb@aiai.ed.ac.uk>
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Subject: Re: PDP11's in the UK
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On Wed, 22 Apr 1998, Tim Bradshaw wrote:

> Perhaps I should ask this on the pdp11 newgroups too, but the recent
> `NEwbie alert' thread seemed to get a lot of useful answers.
> 
> I'd kind of like to have a real PDP11 to run V7 and (more likely)
> 2.11BSD on.  It needs to be not vast (I don't think a full-scale rack
> will fit up my stairs, though I know that 4ft high ones will), and not
> have completely ludicrous power consumption (less than 1KW).  It needs
> to be very cheap, and working or clearly possible to make work (and it
> needs to be something that will run 2.11/v7).
> 
> All my other machines have been aqcuired by someone mentioning that
> they had one, but I don't know anyone who has a PDP11 now.  Does
> anyone know where I could look for one?

I have one (well, several actually). :-)

Problem is that 2.11 excludes some models. If anyone would be interested
in an 11/34 with 1 MB of memory, just let me know...

	Johnny

Johnny Billquist                  || "I'm on a bus
                                  ||  on a psychedelic trip
email: bqt@update.uu.se           ||  Reading murder books
pdp is alive!                     ||  tryin' to stay hip" - B. Idol