I picked up some odd-balls recently.
One item is called a Disk Storage Drive Diagnostic Unit made by a company
called Information Storage Systems, Inc. Another unit I saw had a
Sperry-Univac label on it. It's obvious what it is, but for what drives?
The manual says Model 714 and 715 disk storage drives, but is that hard or
floppy? I can't tell from the unit, although my guess would be hard disk.
Anyone ever used, let alone heard, of one of these? I also got another,
older model, but didn't get a manual with it. (You can find more of these
at Mike Quinn Electronics in case you're interested).
I also picked up a Standard Engineering Corporation Word Generator
(WGR-241). It looks like it is a PDP-11 card, but I'm not totally sure
(its got the big horse-teeth edge connector). On the front is 24 SPST
switches, I guess for setting a 24-bit word. Any clues?
I also got a TI program recorder (for the TI 99/4a) and a couple AtariLab
software packages (starter set and Light module), which were little
physical sciences experimenter kits for the Atari 400/800. They come with
a carthridge for the program, and each one has a different set of sensors
that plug into the computer. The start kit has a module that connects to
the joystick port, and the other kits' sensors plug into this module so
you can get simultaneous readings from different sensors I suppose. The
starter kit had a letter in it addressed from one of the design staff
thanking whoever recieved the package for their help in bringing the
product to market.
Sam Alternate e-mail: dastar(a)siconic.com
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