DG Nova 4 for pickup on Lon Gisland

Well I ended up picking up this machine. Its a bit beaten in some places, cleaner than expected in others. Overall it cleaned up pretty well and all power-supplies appear to work well! Got it up to DG's "ODT" can't remember what they called it. Ram looks good at the beginning of the address space anyway. This has a "JR. CPU" board in, a Cassette I/O board which I believe only has an extra UART on it, none of the cassette interface as its pretty sparse. And the 8" Disk controller board (6030 controller). Overall a pretty small machine. Looks like it used two serial ports, one at 9600 baud for the primary console, then the other at 300 baud. Probably a teletype off to the side. Seems to be a 1981 machine. Unfortunately I got no docs or media with this machine. And it appears all that is up on bitsavers are tape images? Anyone have any disk images for the 6030 drive of anything like RDOS? Photos: https://imgur.com/a/A0hZEVf -Connor K On 12/12/18 3:37 PM, Camiel Vanderhoeven via cctalk wrote: > And I assume the Fortran IV compiler could run on this system. > > ?On 12/12/18, 9:11 PM, "cctalk on behalf of William Donzelli via > cctalk" <cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org on behalf of > cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote: > > ???? While this is an absurdly small Data General Nova system for the era > ???? (at least it is not a microNova), you would run RDOS - not unlike a > ???? dual 8 inch floppy Z80 system of the day. > ???? -- > ???? Will > ???? On Wed, Dec 12, 2018 at 2:27 PM Anders Nelson via cctalk > ???? <cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote: > ???? > > ???? > How does a person program this computer? I assume there's no C > compiler. > ???? > > ???? > Would one have to boot to a DOS, then load a compiler into RAM, > then read > ???? > program text into ram, them compile? > ???? > > ???? > I have less-than-zero experience with DG systems, but a > higher-than-zero > ???? > adoration for their design/pedigree. > ???? > > ???? > =] > ???? > -- > ???? > Anders Nelson > ???? > > ???? > +1 (517) 775-6129 > ???? > > ???? > www.erogear.com > ???? > > ???? > > ???? > On Wed, Dec 12, 2018 at 2:21 PM Jacob Ritorto via cctalk < > ???? > cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote: > ???? > > ???? > > Shoot, was asking my wife if I could have it for Christmas to > replace my > ???? > > regular desk in the family room :) > ???? > > But to keep the decor of our home a little more sane, I'll > abstain from > ???? > > bidding and wish you best of luck instead! > ???? > > > ???? > > happy holidays and good luck! > ???? > > --jake > ???? > > > ???? > > On Wed, Dec 12, 2018 at 1:28 PM Connor Krukosky via cctalk < > ???? > > cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote: > ???? > > > ???? > > > Alright, I think I will go for it. I am not too far from it > being in > ???? > > > Poughkeepsie. > ???? > > > Always loved the desk machines, and I personally have > another kinda > ???? > > > parts Nova 4 that hopefully I can use to switch parts > between to get one > ???? > > > really nice machine :) > ???? > > > > ???? > > > -Connor K > ???? > > > > ???? > > > On 2018-12-11 13:04, William Donzelli via cctalk wrote: > ???? > > > > I had one of those quite a few years ago. The desk comes > apart fairly > ???? > > > > easily. The main unit is just a standard shorty 19" rack. > ???? > > > > > ???? > > > > -- > ???? > > > > Will > ???? > > > > On Mon, Dec 10, 2018 at 10:34 PM Anders Nelson via cctalk > ???? > > > > <cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote: > ???? > > > >> > ???? > > > >> I'm about an hour drive away and somewhat interested, > but I don't have > ???? > > > >> space for the desk unfortunately. > ???? > > > >> > ???? > > > >> -- > ???? > > > >> Anders Nelson > ???? > > > >> > ???? > > > >> +1 (517) 775-6129 > ???? > > > >> > ???? > > > >> www.erogear.com > ???? > > > >> > ???? > > > >> > ???? > > > >> On Mon, Dec 10, 2018 at 9:33 PM Tony Aiuto > <tony.aiuto at gmail.com> > ???? > > > >> wrote: > ???? > > > >> > ???? > > > >> > It is close enough to me to rescue, but I really don't > have the > ???? > > space > ???? > > > to > ???? > > > >> > store it. > ???? > > > >> > Will anyone take it if I hold it a while? > ???? > > > >> > > ???? > > > >> > On Mon, Dec 10, 2018 at 9:24 PM Anders Nelson via > cctalk < > ???? > > > >> > cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote: > ???? > > > >> > > ???? > > > >> >> Would this system fit in a standard 19" wide > equipment rack? > ???? > > > >> >> > ???? > > > >> >> =] > ???? > > > >> >> -- > ???? > > > >> >> Anders Nelson > ???? > > > >> >> > ???? > > > >> >> +1 (517) 775-6129 > ???? > > > >> >> > ???? > > > >> >> www.erogear.com > ???? > > > >> >> > ???? > > > >> >> > ???? > > > >> >> On Mon, Dec 10, 2018 at 6:10 PM Chuck Guzis via cctalk < > ???? > > > >> >> cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote: > ???? > > > >> >> > ???? > > > >> >> > Cribbed from VCF: > ???? > > > >> >> > > ???? > > > >> >> > > ???? > > > >> >> > > ???? > > > >> >> > ???? > > > > ???? > > > https://www.ebay.com/itm/Data-General-NOVA4-Nova-4-nova-desktop-computer-mi… > > ???? > > > >> >> > > ???? > > > >> >> > Chuck > ???? > > > >> >> > > ???? > > > >> >> > ???? > > > >> > > ???? > > > > ???? > > > >