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Legends of "ancient" DEC gear still in use!

click on photo to enlarge	Dear DEC Connection: I am a current HP employee, and I started with DEC in 1981. I saw something a year or 2 ago that I totally forgot about until now. I would like to share it with you. While on a project, I was able to get a tour of what was left of the data center on Taylor Street in Littleton, MA (a former DEC location). While touring the floor, I saw something that I could not believe. I saw a small row of old DEC VAX machines still in use! After the initial shock wore off, I took my phone and quickly snapped the attached photo because I knew no one would believe me! The data center is closed now, not sure what happened to the machine? So here we have it, a DEC product that you just can’t kill!!!! Figured the members would get a kick out of it. Thank you! Peter D'Olimpio, PMP - 25 Oct 10
	We are pleased to introduce the installation of ex-Digital engineer Reinhard Heuberger in Germany (Reinhard.Heuberger@gmx.de). He has made several YouTube videos about his hobby restoring PDP-11s which you can enjoy at this link: http://de.youtube.com/user/PDP11GY - or chat with him on our Member Forum!
	Update: Wofford Witch Videos on YouTube Hello former DEC folks, I was browsing your DECconnection web site and thought you might be interested in knowing that I am keeping some 35 year old DEC PDP-11 systems and peripherals up and running in a reincarnation of my college's 1975-79 computer center. Information on my project can be found at http://www.woffordwitch.com. The Wofford Witch is a DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORPORATION PDP-11/40 RUNNING RSTS/E. I like to keep my 30 - 37 year old equipment in working condition. If any of the DEC old-timers have any early-to-mid 1970s DEC items they would be interested in getting rid of, I am quite interested. I mostly specialize in the early 1970s "blinking light" unibus systems and peripherals. Ashley Carder, Leesville, SC, ashley@scwind.com
	Did you know that 2008 was VMS' 30th Anniversary Year? See the HP OpenVMS 30th Anniversary page & GuestBook Faye Detsky-Weil sent a link to an article just published by Information Week. (Such complimentary notes in the press must be reserved for acquired computer companies :-) Webmaster) Sue Skonetski, HP OpenVMS Program Manager, invites you to celebrate by signing up for a free VMS Hobby User License! Visit the HP OpenVMS educational and personal use licensing programs page: http://h71000.www7.hp.com/openvms/license_software_programs/index.html Also Available - Free E-mail Accounts! Remember VAXmail?

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