Re: PDP11 media looking for a good home

[Alan Frisbie via cctalk]

Paul Koning  wrote:

> I have two items that I'd like to send to a good home.  That
> means, someone who can read the item in question and make it
> available so it's preserved.

> 1. A DECtape labeled "VT30 distribution for RSX11D V06-B".
> VT30 is a DEC CSS product, a color alphanumeric terminal.

I have a DECtape TU56 drive and a PDP-11/34, along with
RSX for same, so I could copy it for posterity.   However,
the drive and the PDP-11 are in different rooms right now,
and it would be several months before I could unite them
and copy the tape.   If you cannot find someone who can do
it quicker, I will be happy to do the job.

(I will be out of town until Tuesday 1/16 and unable to
access email.)

Alan Frisbie

Re: PDP11 media looking for a good home

[shadoooo via cctalk]

Hello Paul,
I have a VT30 board set, it would be nice to receive a copy, if not the
original, of related bits you have!
Maybe also some documentation?

Thanks
Andrea

RE: PDP11 media looking for a good home

[Rob Jarratt via cctalk]

I gave an RA60 drive to a list member, but he is in the UK, so possibly it that 
useful.

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From: william degnan via cctalk
Sent: 10 January 2018 20:58
To: Paul Koning; General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: PDP11 media looking for a good home

Paul,
The VCFed museum (Wall NJ USA) could use the RA60 pack for its 11/44.  I
donated the 11/44 with a RA60 drive a few years ago, but I am unsure if an
RA60-bootable pack came with it, most of what they got are just data packs
IIRC.  I personally don't have an RA60
Please advise and I can send you an address to mail / arrange to pick up.
Bill

On Wed, Jan 10, 2018 at 3:18 PM, Paul Koning via cctalk <
cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:

> Gentlepeople,
>
> I have two items that I'd like to send to a good home.  That means,
> someone who can read the item in question and make it available so it's
> preserved.
>
> 1. A DECtape labeled "VT30 distribution for RSX11D V06-B".  VT30 is a DEC
> CSS product, a color alphanumeric terminal.
>
> 2. An RA60 pack labeled "RT11 V5.6" and possibly (it's hard to see)
> "kit".  That "kit" seems a bit unlikely, an RA60 is way bigger than makes
> sense for an RT11 kit.  But if it were a source pack that would be a
> different matter.
>
> #2 was found in an abandoned DEC facility; #1 I don't remember, possibly
> the same.
>
> An RA60 pack looks physically like an RM03 pack, but its capacity is much
> larger so the format is entirely different.  A PDP11 or VAX with an RA60
> drive should be able to read it.
>
> If you have the ability to use one or both of these and are willing to
> read the data and post it, please contact me.
>
> paul
>
>

Re: PDP11 media looking for a good home

[william degnan via cctalk]

Paul,
The VCFed museum (Wall NJ USA) could use the RA60 pack for its 11/44.  I
donated the 11/44 with a RA60 drive a few years ago, but I am unsure if an
RA60-bootable pack came with it, most of what they got are just data packs
IIRC.  I personally don't have an RA60
Please advise and I can send you an address to mail / arrange to pick up.
Bill

On Wed, Jan 10, 2018 at 3:18 PM, Paul Koning via cctalk <
cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:

> Gentlepeople,
>
> I have two items that I'd like to send to a good home.  That means,
> someone who can read the item in question and make it available so it's
> preserved.
>
> 1. A DECtape labeled "VT30 distribution for RSX11D V06-B".  VT30 is a DEC
> CSS product, a color alphanumeric terminal.
>
> 2. An RA60 pack labeled "RT11 V5.6" and possibly (it's hard to see)
> "kit".  That "kit" seems a bit unlikely, an RA60 is way bigger than makes
> sense for an RT11 kit.  But if it were a source pack that would be a
> different matter.
>
> #2 was found in an abandoned DEC facility; #1 I don't remember, possibly
> the same.
>
> An RA60 pack looks physically like an RM03 pack, but its capacity is much
> larger so the format is entirely different.  A PDP11 or VAX with an RA60
> drive should be able to read it.
>
> If you have the ability to use one or both of these and are willing to
> read the data and post it, please contact me.
>
> paul
>
>