24 Jul
2014
24 Jul
'14
10:44 a.m.
On Thu, Jul 24, 2014 at 12:46 PM, Todd Goodman <tsg at bonedaddy.net> wrote:
I just got a number of Perkin-Elmer machines from a
recycler. The
cabinet is about the size of an IBM 5170. I also received monitors and
external drive cases with two 5 1/4" floppies and an ST-412 hard drive
in them.
That sounds like my P-E 7700, a UNIX machine that sported 4 serial
ports on the back, and a local CRT/keyboard "console". ISTR the
ST-412 has a SASI bridge card on it. In 1985 it was one of the least
expensive ways to get a multi-user M68K UNIX box. System III, IIRC.
-ethan