Geez, I remember that one. A office equipment company I used to work for sold those, along with some Xerox DOS box (800, maybe?), CPT word processing stations and CADO multiuser systems.
My first foray into investments was buying 100 shares of Victor Technologies stock at $3/share.
<<flush!>>
:-)
-- Tony Eros
Digital Equipment Corporation
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From: Sam Ismail[SMTP:dastar@crl.com]
Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 1997 2:55 AM
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
Subject: CC> Victor 9000 down the hall
How funny.
For the past several days, everytime I walk down the hall of my office to
go to the loo, I notice this odd looking computer in another company's
suite. I can only see the back of it, but I can tell it is not a PC
because it seems to have centronics ports on the back, although I only
catch quick glimpses because I'm walking by at my usual energetic clip.
Well tonight I stopped to gawk at it while the cleaning person had their
door open and sure enough its a Victor 9000. I look across the desk to
another computer and see a monitor with the "Victor" nameplate on it as
well. What a trip. Someone in my building is actually still using a
computer which I consider part of my vintage computer collection. I'm
going to talk to them and see what they are using on it. Must be some old
accounting or insurance or real estate or something application. I don't
know what their business is because their name is "Vanier & Associates" so
it could be a front company for an international arms smuggling operation
for all I know.
Sam Alternate e-mail: dastar(a)siconic.com
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Found this on alt.folklore.computers
We have a working (or at least it was) Nicolet 290 computer. that
need to vacate the room its been taking up for the last 20+ years.
This system is rigged up as a test bench for an MRI system (that's
all still there too) and we have all the manuals, disk packs, paper
tape programs, banks of core memory etc etc.. I plan to do a small
inventory of the parts and pieces but if I don't find it a home soon
it'll get smashed up.
Does anyone know anything about these computers? I have no idea what
else they may have been used for or how rare this thing is. Anything
anyone knows about it could be helpful towards finding it a proper
home. BTW.. Size wise you're looking at a large console with a plotter
built in and a short 19 inch rack plus many boxes of disk packs
(Diablo) and manuals.
Ken Montgomery
CSU Sacramento
kenm(a)csus.edu (Ken Montgomery)
I've never heard of a Nicolet 290... What is it?
Ken Harbit
krh03(a)cvip.fresno.com
Hi there,
I will be in Bellevue WA for a week, arriving Saturday 4th Oct, leaving
Fri 10 Oct. Anything going on that I would kick myself for missing?
Regards,
Hans B Pufal
