25 Sep
2001
25 Sep
'01
5:48 a.m.
M.K.Peirce
Keronix...? Do you have any .jpgs of it or configuration info? Weren't
Newports similar to Computer Operations [COI] tape drives [like DECtape
I's/LINCtapes]? I recall the name but need to do some searching
Al Kossow might have some Diablo docs scanned. Are these 31's or 44's?
And Carl F. .... here is your next <ping>: <ping>
Bruce Ray
www.NovasAreForever.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Merle K. Peirce" <at258(a)osfn.org>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Cc: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2001 10:56 AM
Subject: Re: Source?
We just manhandled our Keronix upstairs into the mill and have started
working on it. It is in rough shape but largely intact except for a
gaping hole underneath the cpu and above the Diablo drive. Some of the
cards were marked, and these were restored to the cage. The cooling
system runs fine, but cpu power is out. There is a Newport tape
controller card, does anyone know anything about these? Any thoughts
about a the drive? Some card cages at the back suggest it might be
rather short, something like a Dectape.
Also, does anyone know anything about Xerox Diablo hard drives?
M. K. Peirce
Rhode Island Computer Museum, Inc.
Shady Lea, Rhode Island
"Casta est quam nemo rogavit."
- Ovid