Classic Computer Rescue - A Story

On 04-Aug-97, Brett wrote: Interesting story...I also made my first rescue today! As some of you already know, I was set to pick up a MicroVax II...well, I did! This thing is a beast though...barely got it into the house by myself. Here are the specs on it though I haven't popped open the case yet: Model: DH-630Q2-F2 Case: 'radiator' style tower hard disks: (2) Maxtor XT-8380E (380 MB each) memory: ???? Where the guy got the idea that they were 35 MB each is beyond me, so I'm assuming that there is a strong possibility that he was wrong about it having 5meg of RAM as well. The drives are still securely attached to thier mounting brackets, though only the lower one is actually hooked up. There is a DB-9 connector with two knobs (one for choosing baud rate up to 38400) and a switch on the bracket labled 'A' on the rear of the machine, (4) DB-25M connectors on 'B' bracket, while brackets 'C' and 'D' each have a single DB-25F connector with P/N H3176-00. Bracket 'E' has just a blockoff plate, while 'F' has a 3row, 50 pin connector on it. Above the drives, which are mounted vertically one above the other, there is a small panel with switches for power, halt, reset, fixed disk 0 write protect, and ready, as well as status lights for 'run' and 'DC ok'. Now, the guy said he had never seen this machine actually in use, so it's been sitting for a while. When it was used though, he said it took input from some sensors on scales and processed that in different ways. That's the full extent of what I can tell you about this machine at this point, until I've gotten into the case. Any comments, info, suggestions, ect. will be more than welcome! Jeff jeffh(a)unix.aardvarkol.com -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amiga enthusiast and collector of early, classic microcomputers http://www.geocities.com/siliconvalley/lakes/6757