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From: Rich Alderson <ALDERSON@mathom.xkl.com>
Subject: DEC-20 Free to Good Home
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We at XKL LLC find that we are in greater need of computer room floor space
than we are of a KL10/B and a disk farm. We will therefore entertain offers
to provide a working home for this venerable beast. Otherwise, it's going
to be stripped for spare boards and RP07 HDAs by a broker.
This is a "you take it away" offer: We will not ship the system, though we
may provide some help in de-installing it.
The system is configured as follows:
KL10 Model B processor with MCA25 cache and 4MW MOS memory
(orange FCC cabinetry, three double-wide bays)
4 RP06 disk drives (two in use, two spares) -- dual ported for -11/-10 access
7 RP07 disk drives
4 TU78 tape drives (two in use, two spares)
Network interface is a MEIS (MASSBUSS-Ethernet Interface Subsystem)
Two LA120 consoles
Tops-20 version 7.0 with Stanford mods (Ethernet access and such)
We will accept offers until 31 January 1998, to allow for slow propagation of
the news of this offer to interested parties. We reserve the right to make a
decision before that time, if an acceptable offer is made early.
Please send e-mail containing offers to
KL-giveaway@XKL.COM
Rich Alderson
Customer Advocacy
XKL LLC
Redmond, WA
(425) 869-9050
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From: xkladmin@paulallen.com (XKLeTen Admin)
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Subject: XKL (PDP10) Site Announcement
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Dear Fellow PDP-10 Enthusiast,
Over the past 25 years, it's been challenging for all of us to find a
place to run our PDP-10 software. At the same time, there hasn't
been a library of PDP-10 software that is well taken care of, and
made easily available to the interested public.
I would like to offer a solution. I have invested in a TOAD-1
machine running the PDP-10 architecture, and would like to make
its capabilities available. The TOAD is manufactured
by XKL Systems Corporation, and is a completely new hardware
implementation of Digital's 36-bit PDP-10 architecture, not an
emulator running on another platform. This machine I've purchased
will be a repository for PDP10 public domain software, including the
collection of the DEC-10 and DEC-20 DECUS tapes.
By making access accounts available to an initial limited group, we
hope to learn of any issue areas with our new program. Through an
account you can set up with us, you can access this library, and run
programs you may not have seen for years. You may also submit your
own programs for storage, and for use by fellow advocates. These
programs may be submitted via FTP, email or 9-track tapes. Once you
have an account established you could access XKLeTen via telnet.
Anyone may download the libraries of software through anonymous
FTP from XKLeTen.paulallen.com.
The machine, named XKLeTen, is configured as follows:
TOAD-1, 36-bit computing system
TOPS-20 system software
32 MW memory board
4 mm DDS tape drive
9 track tape drive
8 gigabyte disk
I encourage any of you who are interested to contact us to set up an
account. To be considered for an account, please submit the
following information to XKLadmin@paulallen.com:
Full name
Email address
Interest or purpose in this project (short summary)
Desired account name
If you have any questions about XKLeTen, or how to execute the
anonymous FTP, please contact us via the same email address.
Bill Gates and I used PDP10s to develop much of Microsoft's early
software. I hope many of you take advantage of this new opportunity
to keep alive some of your old memories.
Paul G. Allen