25 Sep
2001
25 Sep
'01
11:55 a.m.
I just made a trip over to the mill to check. The Diablo is a 44B. The
tape card reads "Newport Technology Corp. Model NT-10A Interface s/n 10091"
There is an addition M-1 memory card, an Asynchrous Mux 100133-C maker
unknown, a card marked Media III 531194L, with lights marked;
R R S D H C
W D N L D C
D Y C E E E
At least I think those lights are on that board, my notes are garbled.
Slot 1 is the Keronix CPU model ID516 12 #446
Slot 2 is a Keronix P-3 #907
Slot 3 is a Keronix type 1007-3 I/O Controller #I90412, marked "9600 Bd"
Slot 5 is a Keronix M-1 memory board "16KX16"
Slot 16/17 are a Digital Alarm System model MGC #334
The card cage is a Keronix 8117C No.B #1015
I'll try to get a picture up in a day or two.
On Tue, 25 Sep 2001, Bruce Ray wrote:
M.K.Peirce
Keronix...? Do you have any .jpgs of it or configuration info? Weren't
Newports similar to Computer Operations [COI] tape drives [like DECtape
I's/LINCtapes]? I recall the name but need to do some searching
Al Kossow might have some Diablo docs scanned. Are these 31's or 44's?
And Carl F. .... here is your next <ping>: <ping>
Bruce Ray
www.NovasAreForever.com
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From: "Merle K. Peirce" <at258(a)osfn.org>
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Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2001 10:56 AM
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M. K. Peirce
Rhode Island Computer Museum, Inc.
Shady Lea, Rhode Island
"Casta est quam nemo rogavit."
- Ovid
We just manhandled our Keronix upstairs into the mill and have started
working on it. It is in rough shape but largely intact except for a
gaping hole underneath the cpu and above the Diablo drive. Some of the
cards were marked, and these were restored to the cage. The cooling
system runs fine, but cpu power is out. There is a Newport tape
controller card, does anyone know anything about these? Any thoughts
about a the drive? Some card cages at the back suggest it might be
rather short, something like a Dectape.
Also, does anyone know anything about Xerox Diablo hard drives?
M. K. Peirce
Rhode Island Computer Museum, Inc.
Shady Lea, Rhode Island
"Casta est quam nemo rogavit."
- Ovid