[GreenKeys] OT: Help Needed - Minicomputer Haul from Iowa City, Iowa Towards Gainesville, Florida?

[Bob kb8tq]

Hi

60’s vintage covers a *lot* of ground. By the end of that era you had IC’s doing stuff. Early on, it’s all 
transistors and resistors. Early you might have multiple racks to do much of anything and some major power
usage. Late, the guts might all fit in a single slide out in the rack with the rest things like tape drives. 

Repair wise, the transistor / resistor stuff, you can work on. Parts substitution will be “interesting” in some 
cases. Once you get into the early IC based stuff … yikes … Finding RTL chips and that kind of thing will
not be easy. 

My answer “back in the day” was that you needed more than one. Or at least you need a bunch of friends
that also have them. After a while, it got to be more than I was willing to deal with and the PDP-8’s and 
PDP-11’s moved on to new homes. 

Bob



> On Apr 27, 2019, at 4:10 PM, Bob Vines <bobvines00 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I thought that I already sent this request but it appears that I lost it first.  I apologize if I'm repeating myself.
> 
> Will anyone capable of hauling some minicomputer heavy iron be traveling through the Iowa City, Iowa area towards Gainesville, Florida area (north-central Florida)?  I've been offered a '60s-vintage minicomputer and its rack.  And I can hook it to my Teletype too, after any necessary repairs!
> 
> I may be able to rent/borrow a minivan-sized vehicle or pickup truck to meet (in the Alabama/Florida/Georgia area?) anyone able to haul this equipment to shorten your trip.  And help pay some of your travel costs too.  I can't drive too far because of a lack of vacation time or I'd drive to Iowa myself.  :(
> 
> If anyone can help, please let me know via my email address to help minimize clutter on the mailing list.
> 
> If this request for help is inappropriate, please let me know that too!
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Bob
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