At 11:01 AM 02-06-98 -0400, Allison J Parent wrote:
>My standard of reference is a pile of sysems all running...  I have a
>few retirees in storage like an Altair8800.

I could easily get jealous here.

>Active system list:
>
>PDP-8 and friends
>-----------------
>DECMATE-III (6120 chip=PDP-8) running OS/278  For PDP-8 work, PALIII asm.

I have a DECmate-II and two DECmate-IIIs in store waiting for time to get
them going. At least the -8A ran last time it was turned on.

>PDP-11s:
>--------
>Pro350     (pdp11) (Venix) 

Three each of -350s and -380s waiting for time...

>PDP11/23   (BA11/VA) RT-11 in a shoebox
>PDP-11/23B (ba11n)  Various disks (RT-11)  (PDP-11 work asm, DECUS C)
>PDP11/73   (ba11/s) various disks (RT-11, RSTS, unix V7)

Only an 11/83 in a BA213 case running RT-11.

>
>VAXen:

A uVAX-II in a BA123 (formally a console for an 8800) and a 3600. These
will be "upgraded" to BSD real soon now (just waiting for me to find the
time - there's a theme here...)

>PCs:
>----

Just an XL366 and XL300 for doing real work.

>CP/M machines(all z80 or z80 derived):

>SB180 (Z180) SBC 20mb SCSI (CPM)

Lust after this.

>Epson PX-8 laptop  CPM, real portable, runs 12-16 hours on battery.

But not as much as the Epson.

I won't mention the SGI crimson that I use as an X terminal and for
debugging SCSI problems :-)

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