22 Aug
2004
22 Aug
'04
4:43 p.m.
Hi Pat,>
On Wednesday 31 December 1969 19:00, Ken Kirkby
wrote:
I was wondering why I didn't come across them while trying to find info
using google... and now have discovered that they don't seem to have a
web site. Do you think there's any possibility of getting a (set of)
schematic(s) from them, or at least some sort of service manual
(preferably not a board-swappers guide)? That's the one thing I don't
have that would be useful to get them up and running. Well, that and a
replacement frontpanel for the one that got thrown away, but I'm not
sure I want to spend what they'll want for it... assuming they even
have one.
Jon Apel of IER says they operate on the trailing edge of technology.
It took them years to get an email address, which I dont have with me
but will post tomorrow..
They have most things and replacements having taken over the manufacturing
rights from GA for the 16/xxx range in 1986 or so.
Ken Kirkby www.plc-peripherals.com - K. J. Kirkby and Associates P/L.
<Can't find the beginning of this thread, so I'm gonna shove my
response here.>
I've got a few "rare" machines, but they mostly seem to come out of
some sort of "scientific instrumentation". A vector-based computer
that processed NMR data - an Aspect 3000, some machines made by
Nicolet and others, etc.
Some of my favorite "rarer" machines are my General Automation
SPC-16/40 and /45 (which are neither complete nor functional right
now ): It was a machine targeted where the Data General Nova was
targeted (a general purpose 16bit machine in the early 70s).
Industrial Electronic Resources in Corona CA still supports the GA's
which are still used in power stations around the world, and in CNC
applications. We support a few customers still with SPC-16/440's.
Pat
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