On Sun, 8 Oct 2000, Joe wrote: I have one of these. It's a mid-80s business-type system. Don't have more info for you. 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!

You have a micro-nova (nova 3 ish?) machine of the "Desktop Generation" series. It will run RDOS and maybe AOS and AOS/VS. It is a 16bit mini-micro computer that, if outfitted for it, can support a number of dumb terminals. It also has the capability to run MSDOS as a task under RDOS if you have the PC-compatible card installed. I think the machine is maxed at 512kb (not including ram on PC card). This series is modular - each module looks a lot like a DG 6311 series cart tape unit. The modules are bolted together which gives it it's distinct look. The tape drive is a DC300 type and stores appx 20mb on a tape (more like 15mb really). New carts are hard to find. If you really really need a some, let me know as I have a few spares. Since I got my 9track drive, I've left off the 6311 cart unit (9track is much faster in most cases). If you need documentation, operating system carts, or replacement/upgrade hardware, Ed Kirby at Computer Parts Barn has at least one complete unit available which has the msdos pc card installed. There are allmost no DG machines (excepting the very largest ones) which require 220. Generally, it is a simple matter of a set of jumper wires on the PS that dictate the input voltage. Check with Ed on that. IIRC, the hard disk is an ST506/412 compatible type. My experience with my Eclipse MV4000dc is that the systems are very picky about what drive(s) they will accept. Ed should be able to help you with that as well. Rdos is a robust, multi-user, multitasking, Real-time operating system. AOS and AOS/VS are robust Unix-like operating systems which came later. I've little sticktime with RDOS but lots with AOS, AOS/VS, and AOS/VS II - the 32 bit version of AOS/VS. IIRC, DG started selling the Nova sans operating system. DG quickly realized that customers wanted an operating system and so wrote and continually upgraded RDOS. RDOS was the subject of suits. Other companies making Nova clones wanted to bundle them with the DG operating system. DG balked and was sued for 'tying' thier operating system with thier hardware. DG won the suit as did they with a similar, later suit regarding thier nova/eclipse Advanced Diagnostic EXerciser operating system. Under questionable circumstances, the clone maker's building burned? and the company was later aquired by DG. Interestingly, this ADEX suit was cited by Microsoft in it's recent antitrust defense as regards 'tying' MSIE to Windows. Probably the best resource for tech support on nova hardware is Chris Kennedy - right here on the list or Chris(a)Maincoon.com. Ed Kirby (edcpb(a)email.com) 16 London Rd. Asheville, NC 28803 In <3.0.1.16.20001008184435.34b78d6c(a)mailhost.intellistar.net>et>, on 10/09/00 at 09:13 AM, Joe <rigdonj(a)intellistar.net> said: Regards and good luck, Jeff -- ----------------------------------------------------------- Jeffrey S. Worley President Complete Computer Services, Inc. 30 Greenwood Rd. Asheville, NC 28803 828-277-5959 THETechnoid(a)home.com -----------------------------------------------------------