Hi Phil, Very interested, I worked on a similar system at the Didcot coal fired power station that has now been flattened when I worked at DEC.
Is the PDP part of the bundle as well if so very interested. I am in the UK. Mark Sent from my iPhone > On 23 Mar 2020, at 19:34, philmac750 via cctech <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello all, I hope you are all staying safe and healthy in current times. > Forgive the cold email, I got your email addresses as collectors of DEC > computer history. The reason for email is that I am clearing out some of my > stuff as we are thinking of moving house, I live in Wakefield. In February > 2019 I salvaged a PDP11 which was used in a simulator for a coal fired power > station steam turbine unit at DRAX Power Station, where I was working as a > contractor up until Dec 2019.In the same building I was also allowed to take > a DecWriter II, some manuals and a couple of VT320s with some other smaller > hand held kit. I have supporting documentation from the power station to > state that these items are now mine. They were all in working order as the > simulator was last powered up in Nov 2019. I am not in a position to power > up the PDP 11 at home, but have plugged in the VT320s and the DEC Writer and > they all work. The dec Writer has 1 sticky key, and has the original > product/shipping notice stuck inside the unit dated 1977 !! I even bought > some new ink and ribbons, as my intention was to get these and the PDP11 > setup and working in my office. I used the Dec Writer in school, many many > years ago, my first introduction to computers, paper tape and punched cards, > a foam modem through to the college from my secondary school ! (Fortran IV) I > simply could not let these items go to scrap, which is where they were > heading, so I approached the manager of the building at Drax and agreed to > remove these items from site at zero cost to Drax. The entire simulator, all > it’s hand built boards and electronics were simply heading for the skip as > they were demolishing the entire training centre in favour of new Gas turbine > plant. I am wondering if you know any forums or contacts that might be > interested in purchasing these items, I am not asking silly money as these > need to go to a collector and preserved, the issue will be shipping or I > might even transport them myself, as they are extremely heavy items. If not, > I will google a little more and failing that, contact a UK museum to see if > they would be interested in these historic pieces. Thank you for reading. > PhilSent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.
