[HECnet] If I had the spare room for it...

[John H. Reinhardt]

On 4/28/2015 6:23 PM, Dave McGuire wrote:
> On 04/28/2015 05:57 PM, John H. Reinhardt wrote:
>>>     I'd buy this in a flash....
>>>
>>> http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-DEC-DIGITAL-PDP-11-70-16-BIT-MINI-COMPUTER-TE16-EA-MAG-TAPE-DRIVE-/331537471267?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4d312c5723
>>
>> I started drooling when I saw that listed.  There are only 3 things
>> keeping me from getting it.  Money, space and power. ;)  I've already
>> got two racks in my basement. I don't think I could fit two more plus
>> some sort of disk without domestic trouble starting.  Plus the house
>> doesn't have 3-phase power and, although I haven't checked, I'm sure
>> this baby would like that.  I guess I'll have to be happy with Simh-11.
>
>    There's nothing in that system that requires three-phase power; it all
> runs on 110V.  That is, for sharp-eyed viewers, a three-phase power
> controller in the bottom of the rack, but all it does is split it down
> into three independent 110V rails.
>
>                -Dave
>
Well, that's good to know.  I do have 3 30a lines in the basement.  It still leaves $$$.  lol  I'm sure this will go for a good amount.  Getting it from CA to OH might be a job also.

John H. Reinhardt