3 Sep
2000
3 Sep
'00
3:48 a.m.
On Sat, 2 Sep 2000, Mike Cruse wrote:
I just managed to get hold of a Data General Eclipse
MV9000. I think it
Nice find! I used to work with an Eclipse MV-10,000 and an MV-2,000; they
were fun systems to play with.
I'm looking for documentation and software of any
kind for this machine
but I
have not found anything substantial searching the net yet.
IIRC, unfortunately, Data General, from what I understand, isn't like
DEC was when it comes to allowing OS software to be used at home for
free.
This machine was apparently the target of a search by
the local HAM
radio
clubs for the source of a 125Mhz signal that was triggering the
emergency
signal receivers in Russian satellites. I'm trying to get more info on
Neat! Let's all give that a try! Generating a 125MhZ signal sounds
easy enough. ;-) Why are the ruskies' satellites so sensitive to
low-level signals generated over here? Dang, I wonder how many false
alerts my Jacob's ladder has triggered via harmonics? Mabye it needs
a transformer with a higher voltage and more current and longer spark
rods...
The machine looks at home next to the PDP8/i. I'm
running 240Vac to the
machine this week so I'll get to see if it works.
Good luck!
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