18 Apr
1999
18 Apr
'99
9:50 p.m.
P012.JPG 17-Apr-1999 22:02 58k
I'm not the DEC expert, so I don't know what's up top (is that the Minc?),
but the 8" drive system is a DEC RX-02.
Yes, the cards that should have been in it are visible at the very bottom.
P013.JPG 17-Apr-1999 22:02 61k
Again, I'll leave the proper ID'ing to the DEC experts, but the PC desktop
type box on the top left looks to be a DECmate?, next to that looks to be
some VT-320s?, the big boxes in the middle look to be RL-01s?
Those were two Pro350's in VERY bad shape, the DECmate II's were elsewhere.
The drives that look the same are RA81's, the one that looks different is a
RA60. The terminals are VT240's.
On the far right on top of the printer (?) sitting on top that rack is a TK25.
P014.JPG 17-Apr-1999 22:02 61k
Whatever that is on the left looks cool, perhaps a tape drive (DEC?), in
TU81+
the middle, on top looks to be a Cipher tape drive of
some model, below is
some DEC hard drive I'm guessing, I can almost read the label on the unit
RA81 again, IIRC
on the end, so its cheating, but it looks like a VAX
something er other.
VAX-11/730 on top was a RL02, and another RA81 on the bottom.
The terminal on top looks from the styling to be a DEC
teletype of some
sort? (Ok, I'm embarrassingly bad at identifying DEC hardware :)
A DECwriter something....
P020.JPG 17-Apr-1999 22:02 60k
These must be the HP 1000F chassis' that Jim went home with (what's that
blue thing on top?)
That is a Laser of some sort.
P022.JPG 17-Apr-1999 22:02 75k
On top of the green/red/blue/brown volumes are Xerox 6085 OS manuals (the
2nd generation Xerox 8010).
Those green/red/blue/brown volumes were Shipping Registries (you know as in
sails on the sea), the manual being looked at is a manual for a rack mount
MicroVAX II.
P027.JPG 17-Apr-1999 22:02 77k
In the far back, to the left, on the shelf, two similar units stacked one
on the other: either DECmates or Rainbow 100's.
DECmate II's and Rainbows, and on the floor under them is a tower case for
that style machine, I guess you just slip it in?
P037.JPG 17-Apr-1999 22:03 71k
DECmates?
Actually on the left you're mainly seeing the DECmate II's and Rainbows
that you saw in P027, on the right are my DECmate III's. This was after I
separated the original mess into a pile of what I was and wasn't interested
in :^)
P038.JPG 17-Apr-1999 22:03 60k
I can read these: DECmates. And a TZ-50 tape drive to the right?
Behind that pile is a DECmate III in the box, as far as I can tell it's
brand new. The three boxes in front are all DECmate III's (same box as a
TZ50), a pair of monitors and keyboards, and The motherboard for a Rainbow,
and a
DEC Professional motherboard. Both monitors seem to work, and I've powered
on the DECmate III that was in the box. Now I need some software for them
so I can test it better (yes, I know it's on the web).
P042.JPG 17-Apr-1999 22:03 59k
Aha, someone got a black Bell & Howell Apple ][+ (up front, near
passenger-side door).
Well, parts to fix up the one I got a year ago from Jim.
Zane
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