time machine...

[Gordon JC Pearce]

Tony Duell wrote:
>>My mate who has a PDP-11/73 (we think, it's an OEM thing) has two RL02s.
>>The intake air filters have been replaced by cut-down Citroen XM air 
> 
> 
> Which model of XM (I can't believe they all take the same air filter, I 
> know for a fact that the petrol and diesel BXs take totally different air 
> filters, for example). I might well want to give this a go...

Series 1 2.0Si, LE-Jetronic, non-turbo.  The space it fits in at the 
front of the drive is a little tight, but I cut a tall enough bit off 
the filter and it *just* squeezes in.  How well it actually works I 
don't know.

> I am already know to be mad by the local Citroen dealer. I'm the guy who 
> orders all sorts of little parts rather than a complete assembly (my time 
> doesn't cost anything, so it's worth me rebuilting a unit rather than 
> replacing it). The thought of getting an air filter and telling them it's 
> for my computer seems rather fun :-)

Heh.  I went in to get bits for my 1989 Citroen CX 22TRS, and the spotty 
oik behind the parts counter had never ever *heard* of those.  He *did* 
know that some had "that funny air suspension that goes up and down" but 
he wasn't allowed to work on those.

It's funny, there seems to be a correlation between retro computing and 
unusual cars, doesn't there.  This thread is about to go off-topic...

Gordon.