4 Dec
2006
4 Dec
'06
7:34 p.m.
Jim Battle wrote:
William Maddox wrote:
> There's supposedly a 2200 in there, though there's a
> lot of stuff I don't recognizes. Any Wang fans on the
> list?
>
>
http://cgi.ebay.com/vintage-COMPUTER-LOT-huge-heavy-WANG-PMI_W0QQitemZ17005…
>
> eBay: vintage COMPUTER LOT huge & heavy ,WANG ,PMI
> (item 170055531046 end time Dec-05-06 16:51:38 PST)
>
> --Bill
...
One box looks like a 2200T CPU, and another is 2200MVP
(looks like it is
sporting 8 terminal ports). The CPUs are the things that look like
metal suitcases. The 2280 is a removable hard disk unit. The terminal
is probably a 2236DW.
I missed one. Back in the upper left corner of the first picture in the
auction looks like an LVP (mvp in a different form factor along with an
8" fixed disk and an 8" floppy). You can see a picture of an LVP on my
web site:
http://www.wang2200.org/images/cpu_lvp.jpg
So now it looks like there are at least four CPU's there. Looking at
the first picture --
the 2200LVP in the upper left corner
the "suitcase" on the ground in the foreground could be
a 2200T (1st gen single user), 2200VP (2nd gen single user),
or 2200MVP (2nd gen, multiuser). it is hard to tell from
that angle
the suitcase in the middle right is a 2200T
the suitcase on the right in back is a 2200MVP
You can tell the 2nd generation from the 1st generation because the
cards are bigger so Wang retrofitted old cases with a taller cover panel
to accomodate the extra card height. You can tell an MVP from a VP
because the MVP will have one or more cards with four serial port
connectors.
