12 Dec
2013
12 Dec
'13
6:01 p.m.
The Chicago Transit Authority is auctioning off a
whole load of
miscellaneous stuff (including a couple of rail cars!). One of the items
being auctioned is what appears to be an Intel MDS 225 "Blue Box" (4 MHz
8085A system) complete with an MDS 720 disk expansion unit and some sort of
Control Data hard disk.
The specific lot is here:
http://ricklevin.nextlot.com/public/lot/15005194?section=photos
Looks to have lots of multibus cards in the slots. Two for the double
density floppy controller. I would guess two for the Hawk drive
(although I've never had any experience with that particular
combination). The internal floppy drive is converted to double density.
In the expansion chassis I would guess there is some sort of in-circuit
emulator. I don't know how to tell what one it might be, or even two.
It'll probably cost a couple hundred to ship it, maybe more. Those
things are heavy!
Dave