Hello! I'm looking for an old Digital Equipment computer, a PDP-12, to purchase for a computer restoration project. I'm hoping someone here may know of one that may be available.
The PDP-12s were built as laboratory instruments back in the late 1960s; they usually come in a cabinet about 6 feet tall, have one or two small magnetic tape drives on the front, and have an operator's console with several dozen impressive-looking lights and rocker switches on them. A picture of one, which I'm hoping some of you may find familiar, can be seen at:
I'm hoping to find one that's in reasonably-restorable shape, and if by chance there's software and/or documentation as well that would be a great bonus. There's a restored PDP-8/I here to keep it company, too. :) Price is negotiable, depending on condition, and of course I'll be willing to arrange the shipping. (If it happens to be in or near Seattle, that would certainly make it easier.)
Does anyone know of (or, perhaps, even have) one that's available for purchase? If you do, please e-mail me. I'll be grateful. Thanks!
------------------------------------------------------------------- snipped-for-privacy@drizzle.com Um, yeah, I guess looking for thirty-year-old data processing equipment _is_ kind of an odd hobby... :)