14 Mar
2002
14 Mar
'02
1:12 p.m.
Is anyone familiar with a Genrad 2620? There's one at a local surplus
warehouse but I can't seem to find anything informative via Google.
It's a "Field Service Processor" or something like that, with a fold-down
keyboard and a built-in CRT. I can get pictures if it helps, but I'm
hoping that someone familiar with the unit would let me know if it's
worth picking up.
Cheers,
Dan
14 Mar
14 Mar
1:48 p.m.
Is anyone familiar with a Genrad 2620? There's
one at a local surplus
warehouse but I can't seem to find anything informative via Google.
It's a "Field Service Processor" or something like that, with a fold-down
keyboard and a built-in CRT. I can get pictures if it helps, but I'm
hoping that someone familiar with the unit would let me know if it's
worth picking up.
The Genrads I've seen were all testers.
--
Eric Dittman
dittman(a)dittman.net
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15 Mar
15 Mar
8:16 a.m.
Eric,
I have a Genrad unit that I picked up out of a scrap yard. I thought it
was just an external 8" floppy drive but when I opened it up I found it had
a complete PDP-11/23 system in it along with a hard drive! It even has
RSX-11M installed on it. It was a controller for some kind of circuit
board test station. My advice is to buy it if it doesn't cost much. Nice
things come in small packages!
Joe
At 09:48 PM 3/14/02 -0600, you wrote:
Is anyone
familiar with a Genrad 2620? There's one at a local surplus
warehouse but I can't seem to find anything informative via Google.
It's a "Field Service Processor" or something like that, with a fold-down
keyboard and a built-in CRT. I can get pictures if it helps, but I'm
hoping that someone familiar with the unit would let me know if it's
worth picking up.
The Genrads I've seen were all testers.
--
Eric Dittman
dittman(a)dittman.net
Check out the DEC Enthusiasts Club at http://www.dittman.net/
8:35 a.m.
Eric,
I posted the reply that that all Genrads I've seen were
testers. I didn't post about having a chance to buy one.
I have a Genrad unit that I picked up out of a
scrap yard. I thought it
was just an external 8" floppy drive but when I opened it up I found it had
a complete PDP-11/23 system in it along with a hard drive! It even has
RSX-11M installed on it. It was a controller for some kind of circuit
board test station. My advice is to buy it if it doesn't cost much. Nice
things come in small packages!
This is the case for a lot of test systems.
--
Eric Dittman
dittman(a)dittman.net
Check out the DEC Enthusiasts Club at http://www.dittman.net/
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