31 Mar
2015
31 Mar
'15
8:40 p.m.
More computer-esque things looking to be identified. Some of it military,
some of it not.
What might the paper tape reader have come out of?
The big circuit boards say "Harris" on them.
http://imgur.com/a/S7dyo
Thanks,
Kyle
31 Mar
31 Mar
8:43 p.m.
Well, I can tell you the Harris boards didn't come out of a D1200 series
switch; they're too small :O
Best,
Sean
On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 3:40 PM, Kyle Owen <kylevowen at gmail.com> wrote:
More computer-esque things looking to be identified.
Some of it military,
some of it not.
What might the paper tape reader have come out of?
The big circuit boards say "Harris" on them.
http://imgur.com/a/S7dyo
Thanks,
Kyle
11:40 p.m.
On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 2:43 PM, Sean Caron <scaron at umich.edu> wrote:
Well, I can tell you the Harris boards didn't come
out of a D1200 series
switch; they're too small :O
Heh, these are about as big as Data General NOVA boards, I'm estimating.
Does anyone have any experience with the Harris H800 systems? That's my
suspicion.
Kyle
1 Apr
1 Apr
9:07 a.m.
On 01 Apr 2015, at 00:40 , Kyle Owen <kylevowen at
gmail.com> wrote:
On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 2:43 PM, Sean Caron <scaron at umich.edu> wrote:
I thought the "military computer" thing looked like a "Rolm Military
Computer" that I came across at eBay some time back, which was supposedly somewhat
compatible with the DG Nova (or even based on it). I just checked, and found this current
listing:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-ROLM-1666B-C-AN-UYK-64-V-Military-Computer-…
<http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-ROLM-1666B-C-AN-UYK-64-V-Military-Computer-Data-General-Nova-core-mem-/201091386239>
Well, I can tell you the Harris boards didn't
come out of a D1200 series
switch; they're too small :O
Heh, these are about as big as Data General NOVA boards, I'm estimating.
Does anyone have any experience with the Harris H800 systems? That's my
suspicion.
Kyle 
6:42 p.m.
On 1 Apr 2015, at 1:07, Raymond Wiker <rwiker at gmail.com> wrote:
I thought the "military computer" thing
looked like a "Rolm Military Computer" that I came across at eBay some time back
[snip]
The ATR-chassis ROLM machines used a radically different board form factor than anything
produced by DG; while the ROLM 16xx series machines implemented a superset of the Nova
instruction set they were entirely designed in-house and aside from parts of the ISA and
the signaling on the NovaBus had nothing in common with the DG machines.
Given the markings on the boxes in the photos I?d hazard those are bits of a rate-based
autopilot or possibly an INS system.
--
Christian Kennedy, Ph.D.
chris at mainecoon.com AF6AP | DB00000692 | PG00029419
http://www.mainecoon.com PGP KeyID 108DAB97
PGP fingerprint: 4E99 10B6 7253 B048 6685 6CBC 55E1 20A3 108D AB97
"Mr. McKittrick, after careful consideration?"
9:50 p.m.
Or maybe some bits out of a ground-based radar or anti-aircraft missile
system? I don't really know much about military equipment... it looks to me
like it came out of some kind of ground-based equipment, rather than a ship
or an aircraft.
If I were you I'd probably open up the "CONTROL COMPUTER" and see what was
in there :O It doesn't look like any of the pictures I've ever seen of the
Rolm militarized DG-compatible systems. It might just be a bunch of analog
electronics!
Best,
Sean
On Wed, Apr 1, 2015 at 1:42 PM, Christian Kennedy <chris at mainecoon.com>
wrote:
On 1 Apr 2015, at 1:07, Raymond Wiker <rwiker at gmail.com> wrote:
I thought the "military computer" thing
looked like a "Rolm Military
Computer" that I came across at eBay some
time back
[snip]
The ATR-chassis ROLM machines used a radically different board form factor
than anything produced by DG; while the ROLM 16xx series machines
implemented a superset of the Nova instruction set they were entirely
designed in-house and aside from parts of the ISA and the signaling on the
NovaBus had nothing in common with the DG machines.
Given the markings on the boxes in the photos I?d hazard those are bits of
a rate-based autopilot or possibly an INS system.
--
Christian Kennedy, Ph.D.
chris at mainecoon.com AF6AP | DB00000692 | PG00029419
http://www.mainecoon.com PGP KeyID 108DAB97
PGP fingerprint: 4E99 10B6 7253 B048 6685 6CBC 55E1 20A3 108D AB97
"Mr. McKittrick, after careful consideration?"
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