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Article #191Ancient computer peripherals
From: William Hawkins
Date: Wed, 07 Oct 1992 04:58
Date: Wed, 07 Oct 1992 04:58
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I acquired a couple of interesting peripherals from our PDP-11/45 when it was scrapped in the early '80's. They are no longer interesting, and consume space. I paid $50 for each of them, but no reasonable offer would be refused. DEC RP11E / Memorex 660.1 disk drive. The heads have been removed, so it would take a lot of work to make it operational again. They've been replaced, but they're not aligned. 10 MB capacity isn't worth the trouble. It does have a linear motor with a magnet that is hard for one person to lift. The stroke is about two inches. The servo can be positioned digitally. In analog mode, it would make one hell of a subwoofer, possibly driving a 4x8 foot sheet of plywood. The power supply and motors require 208 volt single phase, and work just fine on 220 volt power. Total weight is about 310 pounds, but it wouldn't take long to break it down. The cabinet alone would make an interesting piece of furniture. Comes with Memorex manuals and DEC maintenence manuals. DEC LP11 / Data Products 2310 line printer. This is an 80 column line printer. The power supply for 80 print hammers is pretty impressive. Mechanical construction is not found these days. Comes with Data Products and DEC manuals, and DEC LP11 interface card. Both of these machines are early '70's technology. Any interest? bill@texan.rosemount.com 24 hour Voicemail 612 895-2085
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Newsgroups: mn.general Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!spool.mu.edu!umn.edu!mmm.serc.3m.com!pwcs!rosevax!texan!bill From: bill@texan.rosemount.com (William Hawkins) Subject: Ancient computer peripherals Message-ID: <1992Oct7.045834.19671@rosevax.rosemount.com> Sender: news@rosevax.rosemount.com (USENET News administrator) Nntp-Posting-Host: texan Organization: Rosemount, Inc. Distribution: mn Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 04:58:34 GMT Lines: 27