29 Aug
2000
29 Aug
'00
6:20 p.m.
Hello all!
First one to recognize this mystery Nixdorf computer gets
ten points and a papukaijamerkki.
Any additional information would be appreciated!
http://www.tec.puv.fi/~s99137/nixdorf.html
I've had it lying around for many years now and I'd finally like
to know what the heck it is:) (besides being a computer, that is)
TIA,
--
Jarkko Teppo
jate(a)uwasa.fi
29 Aug
29 Aug
9:15 p.m.
New subject: Odd Honeywell Mouse
Digging in a huge tangle of wires today I found an odd looking Honeywell
mouse. Instead of a ball, it has two wheels on the bottom angled so that
one turns on x axis and the other y axis movements. Otherwise it looks like
an old PC serial mouse, is it?
30 Aug
30 Aug
4:12 a.m.
New subject: Odd Honeywell Mouse
On Wed, 30 Aug 2000, Mike Ford wrote:
Digging in a huge tangle of wires today I found an odd
looking Honeywell
mouse. Instead of a ball, it has two wheels on the bottom angled so that
one turns on x axis and the other y axis movements. Otherwise it looks like
an old PC serial mouse, is it?
I have a no-name, most-likely prototype mouse like this that I got with
an early-80s CP/M machine.
Sellam International Man of Intrigue and Danger
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2:04 p.m.
New subject: Odd Honeywell Mouse
On Wed, 30 Aug 2000, Mike Ford wrote:
Mine is Honeywell, references this patent by Jack Hawley
http://patents.uspto.gov/cgi-bin/ilink4?INDEX+0+4628755+F
Date code is 9313
catalog listing 2HW53-SE
Digging in a huge tangle of wires today I found
an odd looking Honeywell
mouse. Instead of a ball, it has two wheels on the bottom angled so that
one turns on x axis and the other y axis movements. Otherwise it looks like
an old PC serial mouse, is it?
I have a no-name, most-likely prototype mouse like this that I got with
an early-80s CP/M machine. 
29 Aug
29 Aug
11:38 p.m.
First one to recognize this mystery Nixdorf computer
gets
ten points and a papukaijamerkki.
Any additional information would be appreciated!
I've had it lying around for many years now and
I'd finally like
to know what the heck it is:) (besides being a computer, that is)
Well, this is a Nixdorf 886x system (maybe a 8870, but
I don't think so). More specific it seams to be an BNC4
system as used in banking environment BNC stands for
Banking Network Computer - these have been designd to
solve communication issues within the NCN Architecture
(Nixdorf Communication Network). These machines have
been build from the early 80s until two or three years
ago (development lasted until 1995).
Your machine shows an typical BNC structure
Upper Row:
Cassette Tape Drive
Two Disk Drives
Lower Row:
Power Supply
UPS
CPU
3 Leitungscontroller (Linecontrolers?)
Diskcontroller.
I assume the Leitungscontroller have been used for
X.25 connections (Still _way_ common in financial
instalations).
More Details are only available when you look at
the various tags along the boards
So, where do I have to pick up my papukaijammerki ?
And even more important, do I get a washing machine
for these 10 points ?
Servus
Hans
--
VCF Europa 2.0 am 28./29. April 2001 in Muenchen
http://www.vintage.org/vcfe
http://www.homecomputer.de/vcfe
30 Aug
30 Aug
5:34 p.m.
On Wed, Aug 30, 2000 at 01:38:25PM +0200, Hans Franke wrote:
Well, this is a Nixdorf 886x system (maybe a 8870, but
I don't think so). More specific it seams to be an BNC4
system as used in banking environment BNC stands for
Banking Network Computer - these have been designd to
solve communication issues within the NCN Architecture
(Nixdorf Communication Network). These machines have
been build from the early 80s until two or three years
ago (development lasted until 1995).
Hmm... banking. That would mean Cobol and IBM. Juuuust great.
What kind of an OS were these running ? I did a quicky web-search and
came up with a bunch of CV's, some stuff from computerwoche (which
seemed nice, unfortunately I know only two German words and they
weren't included) and some stuff in Spanish.
Your machine shows an typical BNC structure
Upper Row:
Cassette Tape Drive
Two Disk Drives
Lower Row:
Power Supply
UPS
CPU
3 Leitungscontroller (Linecontrolers?)
Diskcontroller.
I assume the Leitungscontroller have been used for
X.25 connections (Still _way_ common in financial
instalations).
Okay, where do you attach the terminals ? I hope they're just
standard RS-232 stuff, although I might be able to fetch some
Nixdorf terminals if I have to.
More Details are only available when you look at
the various tags along the boards
I'll do that and post the information back here (though it
might take a while)
So, where do I have to pick up my papukaijammerki ?
And even more important, do I get a washing machine
for these 10 points ?
Hmm.. for the papukaijamerkki (papu=bean, Kaija=name of a woman, merkki=
sign/sticker, papukaijamerkki=parrot sticker. The joys of a synthetic
language with 15 cases) you can go here:
http://www.copacabanaclub.fi/images/papukaija.gif
(don't ask me what copacabanaclub is. I don't know)
You can pick up the washing machine from Vaasa, Finland. Unfortunately
it tends to boil over (let's see: I can fix a computer, I'm handy with
programming and digital design but a washing machine ? That's some
deep voodoo magic!)
Anyway, thanks for the info!
--
Jarkko Teppo
jate(a)uwasa.fi
8:32 p.m.
> Well, this is a Nixdorf 886x system (maybe a
8870, but
> I don't think so). More specific it seams to be an BNC4
> system as used in banking environment BNC stands for
> Banking Network Computer - these have been designd to
> solve communication issues within the NCN Architecture
> (Nixdorf Communication Network). These machines have
> been build from the early 80s until two or three years
> ago (development lasted until 1995).
Hmm... banking. That would mean Cobol and IBM. Juuuust
great.
Let's agree on Cobol and Assembler and Nixdorf.
What kind of an OS were these running ?
Beat me, I have to look.
I did a quicky web-search and
came up with a bunch of CV's, some stuff from computerwoche (which
seemed nice, unfortunately I know only two German words and they
weren't included) and some stuff in Spanish.
These Machines where sold all over the world. Nixdorf
did have a real big footprint in Retail and Banking.
> Your machine shows an typical BNC structure
> Upper Row:
> Cassette Tape Drive
> Two Disk Drives
> Lower Row:
> Power Supply
> UPS
> CPU
> 3 Leitungscontroller (Linecontrolers?)
> Diskcontroller.
> I assume the Leitungscontroller have been used for
> X.25 connections (Still _way_ common in financial
> instalations).
Okay, where do you attach the terminals ? I hope
they're just
standard RS-232 stuff, although I might be able to fetch some
Nixdorf terminals if I have to.
Check for a circular plug (No, not DIN).
To use all funktionality you'll need a Nixdorf
Terminal controller and Nixdorf Terminals -
A serial Terminal may be used for basic issues,
but only if the Software is configured to use it.
> More Details are only available when you look at
> the various tags along the boards
I'll do that and post the information back here
(though it
might take a while)
:) I think we are not talking about an urgent revitalisation projekt :)
> So, where do I have to pick up my papukaijammerki
?
> And even more important, do I get a washing machine
> for these 10 points ?
Hmm.. for the papukaijamerkki (papu=bean, Kaija=name
of a woman, merkki=
sign/sticker, papukaijamerkki=parrot sticker. The joys of a synthetic
language with 15 cases) you can go here:
http://www.copacabanaclub.fi/images/papukaija.gif
(don't ask me what copacabanaclub is. I don't know)
Looks like a Kuba themed club/restaurant... I'll try to
remember for my next visit to Helsinki.
You can pick up the washing machine from Vaasa,
Finland. Unfortunately
it tends to boil over (let's see: I can fix a computer, I'm handy with
programming and digital design but a washing machine ? That's some
deep voodoo magic!)
Hmmm - I guess I stay with the usual way (drop and pick up
at my mothers house :)
Servus
H.
--
VCF Europa 2.0 am 28./29. April 2001 in Muenchen
http://www.vintage.org/vcfe
http://www.homecomputer.de/vcfe
4:10 a.m.
On Wed, 30 Aug 2000, Jarkko Teppo wrote:
First one to recognize this mystery Nixdorf computer
gets
ten points and a papukaijamerkki.
Any additional information would be appreciated!
http://www.tec.puv.fi/~s99137/nixdorf.html
This looks a lot like a Data General machine from the 80s. I can't
remember the model name of it off-hand unfortunately.
Sellam International Man of Intrigue and Danger
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Looking for a six in a pile of nines...
VCF 4.0 is September 30-October 1
San Jose Convention Center, San Jose, California
See http://www.vintage.org for details!
5:31 a.m.
Sellam Ismail wrote:
With the skins on it looks remotely like an MV10000 (or a Desktop Generation
machine with a _serious_ thyroid problem), but with the skins off it's utterly
different...
--
Chris Kennedy
chris(a)mainecoon.com
http://www.mainecoon.com
PGP fingerprint: 4E99 10B6 7253 B048 6685 6CBC 55E1 20A3 108D AB97
Any additional
information would be appreciated!
http://www.tec.puv.fi/~s99137/nixdorf.html
This looks a lot like a Data General machine from the 80s. I can't
remember the model name of it off-hand unfortunately.
5:48 a.m.
> First one to recognize this mystery Nixdorf
computer gets
> ten points and a papukaijamerkki.
> Any additional information would be appreciated!
This looks a lot like a Data General machine from the
80s. I can't
remember the model name of it off-hand unfortunately.
Belive me Sallam, it stands like a BNC, it looks like a
BNC and it smells like a BNC (oops, that are my socks :)
so it's a BNC4. I'd bet an East German KC against a
blown L@@K R@RE 80486 CPU (Or your pizza leftovers
from last VCF, what ever you prefer :)
Gruss
H.
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VCF Europa 2.0 am 28./29. April 2001 in Muenchen
http://www.vintage.org/vcfe
http://www.homecomputer.de/vcfe
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