5 Aug
2010
5 Aug
'10
1:26 p.m.
Hi,
The Philips P4500 is a mini-mainframe. AFAIR it supported Condtrol Data
disks and Pertec tape drives.
It came with COBOL.
I looked again. It is a 4500. With a terminal. There's a CDC SMD 14" hard disk
installed. The drive
has the same brown Philips design as the rest. Drive is calles "Mini module
drive". I powered up the
drive without the computer connected. After finding the transport lock it spun up, loaded
heads, and
got ready. I have no idea about the overall condition of the system.
If nobody speaks for the machine, it will be scrapped in the next weeks. The disk drive
will be
dismantled and put onto display (I don't have any influence here - could only save the
whole thing).
Regards,
Philipp
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* Philips P4500 computer (or 5400?)
don't know what that is. you coulda told us. And you really should
make up your mind here.