28 Mar
2003
28 Mar
'03
3:38 a.m.
Rick,
Bingo! You're exactly right. Give that man a nickel!
Yesterday I found a Tektronix CS-3260 test station (three 6'+ tall racks bolted
together!) I'm not sure what it's supposed to do but it had a DEC looking system
in it. I pulled the CPU and found that it's a DEC 11/35/FC but the front panel is
two-tone blue instead of the DEC red-pink and it's marked CP-1160. There are still two
RL-01s in the chassis along with a DEC mag tape drive (glass in door smashed) and a DEC
paper tape reader/punch (with the read head smashed :-( I pulled the CPU, all the cables
to it and the power supplies. I thought I'd E-bay them or trade them off for something
a bit smaller and more usefull. Is there any other parts (DEC or Tektronix) worth
rescuing?
At 10:23 PM 3/27/03 -0800, you wrote:
Hey, Joe,
I remember seeing these test systems when I worked at Tek. As I recall
(the memories
are a bit murky) the CPU's in these test systems were indeed some OEM
form of PDP-11.
I think that Tek engineered their own front panel for the machine, but
most of the 'insides'
were pure DEC, with the exception of some additional Tek-made interface
boards that interfaced the
test system electronics to the CPU.
Can you take a picture of it and send it to me -- it might jog some
memories.
Sure thing. The CPU is sitting in my drive way!
Regards,
Rick Bensene
The Old Calculator Web Museum
http://oldcalculatormuseum.com
Joe