3 Dec
2002
3 Dec
'02
6:45 p.m.
I just returned from rescuing a ca 1980 Wang VS-90 from a factory in
Yorklyn, Delaware. The 90 is a fairly rare single processor version of
the big VS-100, and was replaced with the VS-85 at an early date because it
was not a very popular model, although a number were used by the US Govt
in the island territories, often, I was told, with huge battery banks
because the power supply was very undependable.
This VS-90 is attributed to commerce raider Victor Posner who at one point
owned 64 Wang mainframes. Rather a nice system.
Rhode Island Computer Museum, Inc.
Shady Lea, Rhode Island
"Casta est quam nemo rogavit."
- Ovid