Recent donations

On Sunday, March 27th, The Rhode Island Computer Museum effected the rescue of a large Wang VS-8460 system from Wall Street, New York City. Initiated by a referral from Lee Courtney and Dag Spicer at the Computer Museum History Centre in California, the system was made available through Garry Sprong, Edythe Childs and Steven Gorman of AIG Insurance. Scheduling and loading assistance were provided by Bob Bergen, Gabriel Duque and Jack Calandra, Manager H.R.I.S. Operations. Also appreciated was the assistance of Chester from building services. Dan Berman, Geoff Rochat, Peter Rochat, Ron Fraser and Merle Peirce formed the museum rescue team. The complete system was loaded with minimal effort and filled the rental truck. The Rhode Island-Gotham-Rhode Island turn was completed in only eleven hours. The system is in good running condition and has Wang VS operating System version 7.21.09 Qty Model Number Description 1 VS 8460 CP12 - 16MB Memory CPU 1 VS-SCU-PCT System Control Unit IOC 3 23V97W WangNet ControLr IOC 1 23V98-4 SMD Disk IOC 2 70V98E-4 Caching Disk IOC 1 23V95-2 Telex Tape IOC 4 23V67 Modular Serial IOC 1 16 Port 270-1004 Multi Line T. C. 3 US-6550A TC Controllers 17 270-0975 TP-APA 16 EAPA DISK DRIVE 1 2265V-2 288MB Removable Disk Drive 1 24" MASS Storage Rack with Disks 1 2276V-1 76MB Removable Add-on Disk 4 2268V4R 442MB Fixed 1 2268V6D 1.0GB Fixed 1 289-1986 650MB Fixed TAPE DRIVES 1 2248V-1 Tri-density Tape Drive - Master 1 2248V-1.5 Tri-density Tape Drive - Slave PRINTERS 2 5575 1100 LPM Band Printer (DP only) 1 LM900 900 LPM Matrix Printer 1 LCS15 Laser Composition System 15PP 4 289-1793 EAPA KITS 10K 53 289-1575 TP Adapters 5 WACS-1 2 4230-A Workstations All necessary cables included. This follows by two weeks another large donation of materilas from R. W. Evans in Cranston, RI. Included in this donation of assorted items, which also comprised a full truck load, were fully operating Wang VS-5, VS-6 and VS-15 systems plus assorted documentation, peripherals, software and micro-computer items. On the 30th, a long awaited item arrived by tuck freight from Pat Street in Orlando, Florida. We now have a fully operable, one owner 1981 Wangwriter with software and manuals.