Sperry 5000/Arete' 1200 Unix Mini

We have had a successful mission with the Sperry minicomputer pickup. We dodged the rain showers and successfully loaded a ~5' rack and two Fujitsu tape drives into two vehicles, then broke for dinner. Here are pics from today, with more to come of internal bits: https://picasaweb.google.com/102190732096693814506/Sperry1200Pickup# The machine appears to be an Arete' 1200, although badged as a Sperry on the front. Research suggests it is equivalent to a Sperry 5000/80 machine. It is a Motorola 68000-based UNIX minicomputer. This one appears to have two CPU boards (each with a 68020 processor,) a few RAM boards for a total of 30MB of RAM, and is missing all of its storage. The drives it used seem to be SMD interfaced but we're not sure what it had originally as there are external and internal connectors. Two Fujitsu 9-track tape drives, model M2444AC, came with the Sperry and we assume they were used with it, too. They are heavy! Here is some information on the Sperry 5000 line. Truly a unique machine! http://www.porterdavis.org/computing/sperry.html -- silent700.blogspot.com Retrocomputing and collecting in the Chicago area: http://chiclassiccomp.org