13 Mar
2011
13 Mar
'11
8:54 a.m.
On 3/12/11 10:44 PM, William Donzelli wrote:
http://www.oceanviewcom.com//misc/St_Js_TE_Outside.JPG
Two modules look like they came from the DEC stable, but what are they?
This rack may or may not be appearing on DRMS lists sometime in the
next 20 years. That is all I know about it.
That's quite a mish-mash of gear. Offhand I can identify:
An HP spectrum analyzer, possibly 8566A (upper left)
Several Lambda adjustable bench power supplies
An HP signal generator, possibly 8662A (half covered by fallen panel)
Two Rockand/Wavetek signal/sweep generators
An HP digitizing oscilloscope, 54110D, 54111D, or 54112D
A Fluke digital multimeter, almost definitely 8520A
A Tektronix 600-series X/Y display
A plugboard??
A big honking VARIAC
A MicroVAX-3 or VAX-4000 in a horizontal S-box chassis
I don't recall the BA-number of that chassis, but it's basically a
BA213 on its back with the drive bays rearranged. I have one with a
VAX-4000/700a in it, in a seven-foot rack that's impossibly heavy.
The PDP-8/PDP-11 style panel two units above the VAX says "Digital
Technology Inc." on it, but I can't read the other silkscreening,
possibly "<something> TERMINAL", but it's obviously not a terminal in
the traditional sense. ;) That style of cabinet would obviously predate
the VAX by at least fifteen years.
I concur with Zane; these are US Navy shipboard racks. I've seen
quite a few of those.
It looks like someone (possibly a shyster defense contractor) threw
together a massive pile of mostly-unrelated equipment in these racks.
-Dave
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Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL
