[GreenKeys] ebay - Model 33 with accessories

[Sean Kelly]

> On Aug 29, 2020, at 7:47 PM, Ethan Blanton <elb at kb8ojh.net> wrote:
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> Nick England wrote:
>> https://www.ebay.com/itm/154063719499
>
> That price is crazy, though.  I paid less than that for _four_
> PDP-11/34 computers

"The Witch's Daughters"
by Robert A. Heinlein, 1946

Have no truck with the daughters of Lilith.
Pay no mind to the red-headed creatures.
Man, be warned by their sharp, white teeth;
Consider their skulls, and their other queer features.

They're not of our tribe, with their flame-colored hair;
They're no sib to us, with their pale, white skins;
There's no soul behind those wild green eyes
Man, when you meet one — walk widdershins!

When they die, they pop, like burst soap bubble
(Eight hundred years is their usual span.)
Loving such beings leads only to trouble.
By Heaven, be warned, you rash young man!

— —

Oh man, I married one of those "red-headed creatures.

He's talking about Virginia Heinlein, who he met while they served in the Navy in R & D in Philidelphia. They married within 5, 10 years after WWII and remained married until his death in 1987. She was a chemical engineer and programmed their H-89 to help reduce paperwork, around the turn of the century she helped the author of his biography, and it was amazing who many things in his real life showed up in his fiction by the time his next book was published at Christmas. Back when I was writing fictional log entries in the Star Trek club, I did the same thing.

Virginia has been written into several stories...I think.

Simulator for PDP-11:, including PDP-11/34. Did anyone get to use an IBM System/36? I hardly understood the one I used right after the Army. Better now.

http://simh.trailing-edge.com/pdp11.html
PDP-11 Simulator Configuration<http://simh.trailing-edge.com/pdp11.html>
PDP-11 Simulator Configuration The PDP-11 was the most popular 16-bit minicomputer. Introduced by DEC in 1970, it remained in active production until 1996.
simh.trailing-edge.com
Sean
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