6 Apr
2007
6 Apr
'07
6:03 p.m.
I picked up one of the terminal units for the Computer Museum
and just took at look at whats inside. It is a repackaged Burroughs
B25, which is, as you noted, a Convergent 80186 system.
I'd be interested in seeing pics of the insides of the main
server unit.
Convergent OEMed this stuff to lots of people. I think the
Microdata 1000 may be one as well.
I found one of a five disc set today for what appears to be
CTOS rel 9.1-D for the 1000.
6 Apr
6 Apr
9:52 p.m.
Al Kossow wrote:
I picked up one of the terminal units for the Computer
Museum
and just took at look at whats inside. It is a repackaged Burroughs
B25, which is, as you noted, a Convergent 80186 system.
I'd be interested in seeing pics of the insides of the main
server unit.
Convergent OEMed this stuff to lots of people. I think the
Microdata 1000 may be one as well.
I found one of a five disc set today for what appears to be
CTOS rel 9.1-D for the 1000.
I have a Convergent CP-001 (B26) that boots and runs great from the
hard drive. I just don't have any passwords for either the OS or the
court-reporting app it runs.
I'd commit an unnatural act for the means to get root on the thing.
Doc
11 Apr
11 Apr
11:58 p.m.
New subject: TACCS / CTOS I / BTOS / UNISYS / 80186 Pics
http://www.kourafas.com/taccs/insides
Pictures of the insides of the Convergent Technologies TACCS system I have..
UNISYS sticker on Case & Monitor
I took 8 removable boards out of the unit and the HD/FD/TD and removed the
cage out of the case.
There are 5 "mother boards" connected side by side.
1.) CPU Mother ( I/O , Memory, CPU, Video modules insert to this one)
Also has 3 50pin connections, SCSI? (none used)
I/O., 1MB Memory, R80186 8MHz CPU, B25 Video
Board 1982
2.) Floppy / Hard Disk Mother Board 1983 (Floppy / HD Controller module, HD
Cables, FD Cables plug into this one)
Teac FD-55FGR, ST506 85MB Microplis 1325,
3.) Floppy Disk Controller II ( Cipher Floppy Tape Drive plugs into this
one)
Cipher Floppy Tape Model 525
4.) Port Expander Motherboard (Multiline Port Expander Module plugs into
this one)
MP/EX FM-DTR
5.) Modem / Comm Board ( Modem Module & Comm Module plug into this one)
Communications Controller, Modem 2690D
12/1984
By the sticker on the Video Module stating B25 Video, I'm guessing this a
B25 system jammed into an army case.
I'd like to identify the video chipset and the speed of the modem.
-John Kourafas
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Sent: Friday, April 06, 2007 9:52 PM
Subject: Re: TACCS / CTOS I / BTOS / UNISYS / 10186
Al Kossow wrote:
I picked up one of the terminal units for the
Computer Museum
and just took at look at whats inside. It is a repackaged Burroughs
B25, which is, as you noted, a Convergent 80186 system.
I'd be interested in seeing pics of the insides of the main
server unit.
Convergent OEMed this stuff to lots of people. I think the
Microdata 1000 may be one as well.
I found one of a five disc set today for what appears to be
CTOS rel 9.1-D for the 1000.
I have a Convergent CP-001 (B26) that boots and runs great from the hard
drive. I just don't have any passwords for either the OS or the
court-reporting app it runs.
I'd commit an unnatural act for the means to get root on the thing.
Doc
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6 Apr
6 Apr
11:34 p.m.
http://www.kourafas.com/taccs/index.html
Pictures of the 2 TACCS systems I have, plus a shot of the DOD Mail Server
in it's case.
I plan on stripping the main logic module down to checkout each part and
will post more photo's of the internals this weekend.
The Main server has the same 4 boards as the Remote Terminal, plus 2
expansion daughter boards to hold the other cards.
Did the Terminal Unit you pick up have the documentation packet inside,
usually ships along with the Remote Terminal Group.
-John
Computer History Museum
----- Original Message -----
From: "Al Kossow" <aek at bitsavers.org>
To: <classiccmp at classiccmp.org>
Sent: Friday, April 06, 2007 6:03 PM
Subject: Re: TACCS / CTOS I / BTOS / UNISYS / 10186
I picked up one of the terminal units for the Computer
Museum
and just took at look at whats inside. It is a repackaged Burroughs
B25, which is, as you noted, a Convergent 80186 system.
I'd be interested in seeing pics of the insides of the main
server unit.
Convergent OEMed this stuff to lots of people. I think the
Microdata 1000 may be one as well.
I found one of a five disc set today for what appears to be
CTOS rel 9.1-D for the 1000.
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Checked by AVG Free Edition.
Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.26/748 - Release Date: 4/5/2007
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