12 Dec
2020
12 Dec
'20
3:29 p.m.
On Sat, Dec 12, 2020 at 2:56 PM Chris Zach via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
wrote:
This was a long day. Went over to the house and
started working on
getting the Perqs out of the basement. I've been moving smaller stuff to
make room and it was time.
First up was a Perq1 chassis that just had the big disk drive in it,
side and rear panels. I figured it was lightest and after taking off the
sides and top was able to lift it and carry it up steps. Still heavy and
bulky, but it made room and a path to get to the second one.
The second one was a mess but a lot heavier: It still had the card cage
in it and I was not going to be able to lift. So I figured out how to
take the sides, top, front, back, and bottom (pounds are made of ounces)
and then spottted the screws that hold the card cage and power supply in
the box. Bless the people at perq, those two screws out and you can lift
the cage out the side of the box.
The card cage without cards (took them out to lighten) was heavy but I
got it up the steps. Then with a herculean amount of effort I managed to
carry the rest of the box up, followed by the sides, top, front, back,
and bottom plates.
There are still two more Perqs down there. They have heavier front
plates (I was able to take them off) with real shielding. They were
different designs, so they were not Perq1s and they are not the same as
each other.
Question: Are there any pictures of other types of Perqs?
DigiBarn has a few pictures of a PERQ 1 and a T2:
http://www.digibarn.com/collections/systems/perqt2/index.html
There's the rarer PERQ 2, which I have a picture of here:
https://1drv.ms/u/s!Aqb36sqnCIfMo9970DK9zAIhDnnUjg
Unfortunately they are still buried under old Sun gear and a Vaxserver
of some sort. So I'll have to think about those, but they will need to
come apart as well.
Question: Do the card cages and stuff come off the later Perqs as well?
Not as easily. They can all be disassembled to a point but it's not nearly
as simple as the PERQ 1/1A.
If you pull the side, front, and rear panels off (be careful there -- the
drives are mounted to the rear, and there are cables to deal with), and
pull the boards, it should be significantly lighter.
Also got two different types of keyboards that say Perq, and a monitor
that looks like a big fat white Vetrex and says Three Rivers.
Sounds like the newer-style portrait monitor for the PERQ 2 to me.
Question: What does a Perq mouse look like?
It varies. See the Digibarn T2 pictures for one example; the Summagraphics
Bit Pad One was another common option -- big white tablet about 15" square
with a 4-button wired puck. GPIB interface. There was also the Kriz
tablet which was smaller and had three buttons.
At least this stuff will not be junked. I'll take pictures and such
tomorrow and throw a tarp over everything tonight because I'm too tired
to get it out of the truck.
Looking forward to pictures!
- Josh
I swore off high-mass hobbies for a reason....