21 Dec
2006
21 Dec
'06
1:08 p.m.
Now on epay:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320063237143&fro…
Looks very cool, but heavy.
I have the manuals for this thing somewhere I think.
21 Dec
21 Dec
1:17 p.m.
On Thu, 21 Dec 2006, Mark KAHRS wrote:
That backplane practically defines the term "rats nest"...
Mike Loewen mloewen at cpumagic.scol.pa.us
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2:55 p.m.
In article <Pine.GSO.4.58.0612211308050.23901 at caipclassic.rutgers.edu>,
Mark KAHRS <kahrs at caip.rutgers.edu> writes:
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Looks very cool, but heavy.
I have the manuals for this thing somewhere I think.
To what would this have been attached? A PDP-11?
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3:46 p.m.
On Dec 21, 2006, at 2:55 PM, Richard wrote:
It was once sold as a package with a PDP-11/34, at least. I
believe it was sold for many other systems as well, with a system-
specific interface card.
-Dave
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Dave McGuire
Cape Coral, FL
Now on epay:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?
ViewItem&item=320063237143&fromMakeTrack
=true
Looks very cool, but heavy.
I have the manuals for this thing somewhere I think.
To what would this have been attached? A PDP-11? 
4:01 p.m.
kahrs wrote...
> Now on epay:
>
>
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320063237143&fro…
>
> Looks very cool, but heavy.
>
> I have the manuals for this thing somewhere I think.
To which richard replied...
To what would this have been attached? A PDP-11?
I have one of these. It's attached to a Data General Eclipse S/200. I have
no desire for the FPS unit. While mine is attached to the data general, FPS
made their FPU's able to connect to many different systems, not just DG. I
believe I may have extensive docs on this unit. If not, they are still in
transit to me from the prior owner.
This thing is fairly heavy. It obviously sucks serious amps too. The power
cable for it is as big around as my wrist and very non-110-ish (it looks
like some mainframe plugs I've seen). I opened the side cover and each card
has similar (if not the same) numbers as the unit on ebay. One thing that
strikes me about the unit is the density of circuitry. There appears to be
very little circulation space between the cards or around them. The entire
box is stuffed with ttl from corner to corner with little open space
anywhere. Not sure how they kept it from burning up.
Perhaps related, perhaps not... my college had a 3rd party floating point
processor attached to the IBM 4341. It was a large floor standing blue &
white unit. I am fairly sure it said "Floating Point Systems" on it too.
Jay West
5:43 p.m.
In article <00e401c72543$23c13690$6500a8c0 at BILLING>,
"Jay West" <jwest at classiccmp.org> writes:
[...] The entire
box is stuffed with ttl from corner to corner with little open space
anywhere. Not sure how they kept it from burning up.
Doesn't the unit on ebay have a photo showing muffin fans on one side?
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3:41 p.m.
On Dec 21, 2006, at 1:08 PM, Mark KAHRS wrote:
Now on epay:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?
ViewItem&item=320063237143&fromMakeTrack=true
Looks very cool, but heavy.
I have the manuals for this thing somewhere I think.
Oh My. :-) I'm going to try to score that. It's been on my wish
list for many years.
I have a close relative, an AP-180V, in storage, complete with
tons of docs, but sadly no VAX interface card.
-Dave
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Cape Coral, FL
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