Hi List,
I am the proud owner of what appears by the papers glued to the
CPU rack cabinet to be a Data General Eclipse MV-7800/U Mini. It's in
twin rack units, the CPU on one side, the Cipher Data 800/1600 tape
drive and twin Century Data M315-1 fixed disk units on the other.
Problem is, I've found very little information online. There's
one Italian site that contains quite a few goodies relating to Novas
and Eclipses in general, and one German description of a similar
machine. But nothing really in-depth...
I've also got an interesting quandary:
The CPU rack unit is from a DG Nova 4 (Turquoise stickers and
all), yet the primary CPU board seems to match an Italian site picture
of an MV7800's. The whole assembly was packaged by World Computer
Corporation (Serial Number 303), the DG faceplates removed, and
everything but the tape drive covered in smoked plexiglass front
panels.
This brings me to my primary point to the e-mail: Is there
anyone here familiar with these computers still? I'm currently
working on inventorying the machine physically, taking snapshots and
marking cables, cleaning everything, along with trying to find any
information online before I run the power cables (~55 amps seem to be
required) and begin trying to revive it.
I can post the contents of most of the external paperwork I've
found on the unit, along with some pictures, if it's needed -- I'm
trying to keep very thorough notes as I go along. This is an
interesting challenge for me, especially since I've primarily been
refurbishing older microcomputers (1976 to 1990-era machines). I'd
like to get in touch with people who know the machine and its
peripherals, and might offer helpful advice as I go about the
literally back-breaking tasks.
Josef
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and the only way to enjoy it is to treat it as a joke."
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