15 Oct
2007
15 Oct
'07
10:25 p.m.
Ethan Dicks wrote:
Hmm. I didn't find it all that hard to find some. As a matter of fact
they seem to find me. After "disposing" of 2 of them (well 3
actually...the third was everything but the cabinetry), I still have 4
(one's in my shop, the others are in storage). If anyone really wants
one, I'll make a deal! :-) If any one's serious about it and are out
for VCF, we can do some digging in storage (they're packed in tight).
The power controller is 3-phase but that's more to get the amperage
reasonable rather than anything really needing it. It's just the power
controller and it just splits the phases. All of the supplies in the
cpu are 110v with standard 15A 3-prong plugs (there's just a lot of
them...I think the one in my shop has 5 or 6 supplies). Of course I
have plenty of 3-phase in my shop so I don't need to come up with a
"creative" solution.
--
TTFN - Guy
If you have
the space (and it's large), try to get am 11/780. I've never
been inside one, but I've read the printset (schematics) and it seems to
be all standard chips.
Yes.... repairable, but large and power hungry, and, IMO, more
difficult to obtain than an 11/750 (partially due to quantities sold,
but also due to how long ago 11/780s were turned off and sold/scrapped
compared to 11/750s). Neither are _easy_ to find, but I think it's
more likely to find a dusty 11/750 in a corner of a warehouse than an
11/780.