18 Oct
2002
18 Oct
'02
2:29 p.m.
Does anyone have any info on this computer? I've found one at a scrap place and
they're supposed to be getting a several more of them in. I pulled some of the cards
from this one and they're marked Sperry-Rand. I checked the date codes on some of the
ICs and they were all dated 1977. I pulled eight large core memory boards out of this one.
Any body know what the memory capacity is on these?
Joe
18 Oct
18 Oct
2:41 p.m.
Neat. Are they shippable outside the US?
Did you try Google? 04 hits on UKY-20 including some interesting looking
links.
-- hbp
7:01 p.m.
I seriously doubt you'd want to pay for the shipping! These are built like a safe
with ~3/4" aluminium plate and are roughly 28" cube. I think the weight is
roughly 160 pounds each!
Seriously, these are ex-military so I have my doubts about being able to ship them
outside the US.
At 09:42 PM 10/18/02 +0200, you wrote:
Neat. Are they shippable outside the US?
Did you try Google? 04 hits on UKY-20 including some interesting looking
links.
I found lots of resumes from people that have used them and descriptions of ships,
submarines, etc where they were used but no real details about them. I did find one site
that indicated that they're repackaged Univac 505s, whatever that is! I searched on
that and found very little.
Joe
-- hbp
7:14 p.m.
On Fri, 18 Oct 2002, Joe wrote:
I seriously doubt you'd want to pay for the
shipping! These are built
like a safe with ~3/4" aluminium plate and are roughly 28" cube. I think the
weight is roughly 160 pounds each!
Seriously, these are ex-military so I have my doubts about being able to
ship them outside the US.
At 09:42 PM 10/18/02 +0200, you wrote:
They look pretty interesting! One of the pictures I Googled shows a
programmers console (with blinkenlights) in the door. From the lights I would
guess its a 16 bit mini...
If there end up being several, I would be very interesed in one...
Neat. Are they shippable outside the US?
Did you try Google? 04 hits on UKY-20 including some interesting looking
links.
I found lots of resumes from people that have used them and descriptions
of ships, submarines, etc where they were used but no real details about
them. I did find one site that indicated that they're repackaged Univac
505s, whatever that is! I searched on that and found very little.
Joe
Peter Wallace
-- hbp
7:31 p.m.
At 05:15 PM 10/18/02 -0700, you wrote:
On Fri, 18 Oct 2002, Joe wrote:
To tell the truth I didn't even count the bits on the programmer's panel
(shamefaced). But they do have a PP inside the front cover. I had planned on going back
and getting that later. The picture in this link <http://www.kh6bb.org/photos.html>
of the radio room of the USS Missouri shows a UYK-20 in the center of the picture.
It's the unit setting on what looks like a three drawer filling cabinet and it has the
red panel on the front. Just below that red panel you can see a black panel. That's
part of the PP. The outside has fues, error lights etc. If you open the front of the
chaasis, the upper half of it is covered with the PP. The lower half is covered with an
air filter. The filter is directly behind the louvers that you see on the front.
I seriously doubt you'd want to pay for
the shipping! These are built
like a safe with ~3/4" aluminium plate and are roughly 28" cube. I think the
weight is roughly 160 pounds each!
Seriously, these are ex-military so I have my doubts about being able to
ship them outside the US.
At 09:42 PM 10/18/02 +0200, you wrote:
They look pretty interesting! One of the pictures I Googled shows a
programmers console (with blinkenlights) in the door. From the lights I would
guess its a 16 bit mini... Neat. Are they shippable outside the US?
Did you try Google? 04 hits on UKY-20 including some interesting looking
links.
I found lots of resumes from people that have used them and descriptions
of ships, submarines, etc where they were used but no real details about
them. I did find one site that indicated that they're repackaged Univac
505s, whatever that is! I searched on that and found very little.
If there end up being several, I would be very interesed in one...
OK. I haven't seen the others yet so I'm not sure exactly what they are. One
person told me that they're the same but another says that they're not exactly the
same so I have to wait and see.
Joe
Joe
Peter Wallace
-- hbp
7:43 p.m.
To tell the truth I didn't even count the bits
on the programmer's
panel (shamefaced). But they do have a PP inside the front cover. I had
planned on going back and getting that later. The picture in this link
<http://www.kh6bb.org/photos.html> of the radio room of the USS Missouri
shows a UYK-20 in the center of the picture.
Nice picture. And message traffic...hmmm...
OK. I haven't seen the others yet so I'm
not sure exactly what they
are. One person told me that they're the same but another says that
they're not exactly the same so I have to wait and see.
Maybe upgrade models?
Please keep us informed.
William Donzelli
aw288(a)osfn.org
11:05 p.m.
On Fri, 18 Oct 2002, Joe wrote:
At 05:15 PM 10/18/02 -0700, you wrote:
Joe, I would think that they should be turning up in increasing numbers
now. When I was working in the Naval Ordnance game in the '60s & '70s
they were the 'bandaid' of choice. Whenever they needed some computer
power in an area or function they nailed a UYK-20 to a bulkhead and went
merrily on their way. So at 30+ years, they have doubtless been
superceded by bigger(smaller?) and better UYKs.
- don
On Fri, 18 Oct 2002, Joe wrote:
To tell the truth I didn't even count the bits on the programmer's panel
(shamefaced). But they do have a PP inside the front cover. I had planned on going back
and getting that later. The picture in this link <http://www.kh6bb.org/photos.html>
of the radio room of the USS Missouri shows a UYK-20 in the center of the picture.
It's the unit setting on what looks like a three drawer filling cabinet and it has the
red panel on the front. Just below that red panel you can see a black panel. That's
part of the PP. The outside has fues, error lights etc. If you open the front of the
chaasis, the upper half of it is covered with the PP. The lower half is covered with an
air filter. The filter is directly behind the louvers that you see on the front.
I seriously doubt you'd want to pay for
the shipping! These are built
like a safe with ~3/4" aluminium plate and are roughly 28" cube. I think the
weight is roughly 160 pounds each!
Seriously, these are ex-military so I have my doubts about being able to
ship them outside the US.
At 09:42 PM 10/18/02 +0200, you wrote:
They look pretty interesting! One of the pictures I Googled shows a
programmers console (with blinkenlights) in the door. From the lights I would
guess its a 16 bit mini... Neat. Are they shippable outside the US?
Did you try Google? 04 hits on UKY-20 including some interesting looking
links.
I found lots of resumes from people that have used them and descriptions
of ships, submarines, etc where they were used but no real details about
them. I did find one site that indicated that they're repackaged Univac
505s, whatever that is! I searched on that and found very little.
If there end up being several, I would be very interesed in one...
OK. I haven't seen the others yet so I'm not sure exactly what
they are. One person told me that they're the same but another says
that they're not exactly the same so I have to wait and see. Joe
Joe
Peter Wallace
-- hbp
7:33 p.m.
They look pretty interesting! One of the pictures I
Googled shows a
programmers console (with blinkenlights) in the door. From the lights I would
guess its a 16 bit mini...
Most AN/UYKs are Univacs of some sort. I think the AN/UYK-20 was replaced
by the AN/UYK-44 in Naval service.
It is likely that these -20s were used in fire control duties, or
possibly for target designation.
If there end up being several, I would be very
interesed in one...
I would also be interested in one of these machines.
William Donzelli
aw288(a)osfn.org
8:04 p.m.
I just read further down the USS Missouri website and they have a picture of the UYK-20
with the front panel open you can clearly see the programmer's panel. It's at
<http://www.kh6bb.org/photos.html> and about 1/3 of the way down the page.
At 08:35 PM 10/18/02 -0400, you wrote:
Close, the AN/UYK-43 replaced the UYK-7s and UYK-20s.
Sounds like I better grab all of them that I can get!
Joe
They look
pretty interesting! One of the pictures I Googled shows a
programmers console (with blinkenlights) in the door. From the lights I would
guess its a 16 bit mini...
Most AN/UYKs are Univacs of some sort. I think the AN/UYK-20 was replaced
by the AN/UYK-44 in Naval service.
It is likely that these -20s were used in fire control duties, or
possibly for target designation.
According to the hits that I got when I did a Google search they were used for fire
control for some gun systems including the 5" guns. They were also used for the AEGIS
system which IIRC is an anti-ship missile. They were also used as part of the radio
systems and I think for some other systems.
If there end up being several, I would be very
interesed in one...
I would also be interested in one of these machines.
William Donzelli
aw288(a)osfn.org
8:09 p.m.
programmers
console (with blinkenlights) in the door. From the lights I would
guess its a 16 bit mini...
Most AN/UYKs are Univacs of some sort. I think the AN/UYK-20 was replaced
by the AN/UYK-44 in Naval service.
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