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> > Random question:
> > Would you have bought this one if it were maroon instead of blue?
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> https://www.ebay.com/itm/DEC-PDP-11-70-Datasystem-570-/113553953503?nordt=true_cvip=true
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> As-is for $10K seems a little bit steep for a starting bid. But I haven't
> tried to buy an
While I love the original purple tones and the H960 cabinets, perhaps because
they fit with most of the other DEC gear I've collected, I think that the
commercial
blue tones and Vax style cabinets are sexy as hell too. If I had loads of space,
money and time, I would love to have all of the
Speaking of cabinet variants: if you ever run into a "Corita" cabinet, with the
abstract art on the side, be sure to hang on to it. I'm not sure how many were
built, probably not all that many.
Another variation I know of: I think it was the Vaxstation-2 that came in a
small roll-around
Bill D. wrote:
>Random question
>would you prefer having, if you had to pick only one, the original PDP
>11/70 or the newer "blue cabinets" PDP 11/70, assuming both were complete
>configurations with racks of storage etc as they would have been sold, more
>or less.
>Assume space and power are not
On Thu, Jan 31, 2019 at 12:57 PM Glen Slick via cctech <
cct...@classiccmp.org> wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 30, 2019 at 7:49 PM Bill Degnan via cctech
> wrote:
> >
> > Random question
> > would you prefer having, if you had to pick only one, the original PDP
> > 11/70 or the newer "blue cabinets" PDP
On Thu, Jan 31, 2019 at 12:56 PM Glen Slick via cctalk <
cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 30, 2019 at 7:49 PM Bill Degnan via cctech
> wrote:
> >
> > Random question
> > would you prefer having, if you had to pick only one, the original PDP
> > 11/70 or the newer "blue cabinets" PDP
On Wed, Jan 30, 2019 at 7:49 PM Bill Degnan via cctech
wrote:
>
> Random question
> would you prefer having, if you had to pick only one, the original PDP
> 11/70 or the newer "blue cabinets" PDP 11/70, assuming both were complete
> configurations with racks of storage etc as they would have been
I have both (though the H960 variant needs restoration).
I actually find that the corporate blue cabinets to be easier to deal with.
One aspect is that it’s a “package” rather than multiple H960 racks. Why
is that important? Because the corporate cabinets did nice things like
provide cable
> On Wed, Jan 30, 2019 at 9:49 PM Bill Degnan via cctech <
> cct...@classiccmp.org> wrote:
>
>> Random question
>> would you prefer having, if you had to pick only one, the original PDP
>> 11/70 or the newer "blue cabinets" PDP 11/70, assuming both were complete
>> configurations with racks of
On Wed, Jan 30, 2019 at 10:49:12PM -0500, Bill Degnan via cctech wrote:
> Random question
> would you prefer having, if you had to pick only one, the original PDP
> 11/70 or the newer "blue cabinets" PDP 11/70, assuming both were complete
> configurations with racks of storage etc as they would
On Thu, Jan 31, 2019 at 2:49 PM Bill Degnan via cctech <
cct...@classiccmp.org> wrote:
> Random question
> would you prefer having, if you had to pick only one, the original PDP
> 11/70 or the newer "blue cabinets" PDP 11/70, ...
>
I think the decdatasystem 570 is pretty, but coloured like an
H960
Paul
On Wed, Jan 30, 2019 at 9:49 PM Bill Degnan via cctech <
cct...@classiccmp.org> wrote:
> Random question
> would you prefer having, if you had to pick only one, the original PDP
> 11/70 or the newer "blue cabinets" PDP 11/70, assuming both were complete
> configurations with racks of
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