PDP 11/23 PLUS system for sale

[Fred N. van Kempen]

On Wed, 15 Jun 2005, Allison wrote:

> Actually depending on OS and general usage the critical factor for
> the DEQNA was not rev but, is it functional at all?  Most of the
> DEQNAs I've touched and used either worked or were dead, rev was a
> minor issue save for certain OS support issues.
I have about 20, and they're all OK.  Screwy, but OK.

> One of the REV
> issues was that the more reworked versions tended to have more
> failures (IE plain old dead) resulting from greater amounts of
> handeling and use/abuse.  For Q-bus 11s the DEQNA was an
> acceptable device.  DELQAs while nicer were scarcer.
I don't think that *now*, DELQA's are scarcer.  They may have
been at the time, but not now.

--f