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   Message 263,883 of 264,096   
   Dave McGuire to Simon Clubley   
   Re: VAX-11/780 up and running at LSSM   
   02 Dec 25 12:15:22   
   
   XPost: comp.sys.dec   
   From: mcguire@lssmuseum.org   
      
   On 12/1/25 08:10, Simon Clubley wrote:   
   >>     Hi folks, I thought some here might be interested to hear that we at   
   >> the Large Scale Systems Museum have gotten our VAX-11/780 to the point   
   >> where it will boot VMS.  We fixed a list of hardware issues as long as   
   >> my arm, but it runs, and it runs great.   
   >>   
   >   
   > Congratulations.   
      
      Thanks!   
      
   > BTW, how many sales reps have the local power company   
   > assigned to you ?   
      
      They used to send us christmas cards, now they send us fruit baskets.   
      
      I wish I was kidding.   
      
      Thank heaven for supportive donors. (we are a donor-funded 501(c)(3)   
   nonprofit)   
      
               -Dave   
      
   --   
   Dave McGuire, President/Curator   
   Large Scale Systems Museum   
   New Kensington, PA   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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