2 Dec
2014
2 Dec
'14
10 p.m.
Thanks Tony, David, Andy, Rich, Jules.... et al. If I missed you it's
just because I never expected the thread to explode into this. :-)
Now I know what to look for and how to get it running if I find it. I
even know how fast I can run it too! :-D
This is a fantastic community!
G?ran
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David Brownlee skrev den 2014-11-30 09:45:
Add a few more details below - its been 20 years since
I last saw one so
hopefully my memory is accurate
On 30 Nov 2014 06:51, "tony duell" <ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk> wrote:
along
> I just got the "Owner Operator
Guide" manual for a MG-1 from a friend. I
> did some searches and found a picture on wikipedia in the article about
> Whitechapel Computer Works. (
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitechapel_Computer_Works )
> I also found an evaluation of the MG-1 and several contemporary
> workstations...
>
http://www.chilton-computing.org.uk/acd/sus/perq_papers/perq_external/p003.…
.> .. but then I drew a blank. It seems like
these are really rare
systems.
Does
anyone have a system? Anyone need the manual?
I have one. I've even found it
after the move (it's on a shelf behind me with its keyboard. Not found the mouse yet,
it's probably still in one of
the
500 or so boxes still to unpack.
It's a 32016-based unix box. There are a few gotchas that I remember.
It needs a good set of NiCd cells on the power control board to start it
up.
If not, you have to do a 'jumpstart'
involving connecting a 9V battery to
a connector
on that board. Some owners added an external
socket wired there to make it
easier to so this.
Another jumpstart option was to boot one up, leave it running
for a moment
and then connect it across to the dead machine
The 32016, 32018 (FPU), MMU chips, etc are in
nice turned-pin sockets. The
EPROMs are in cheap sockets. Replacing the latter sockets will often get a
dead machine going.