30 May
2009
30 May
'09
2:21 a.m.
Patrick Finnegan <pat at computer-refuge.org> wrote:
No, it's not the same key. The StorageWorks key is slightly smaller, and
have a squarish head.
Johnny
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> My 11/44
uses a barrel key (which now that you mention it ISTR is
> plastic), but this is a flat key.
I'd suggest trying a CH751 (the same flat key that DEC used on a lot of
things, from an 11/780's doors, to large tape libraries). 
31 May
31 May
8:52 a.m.
New subject: What the heck is this?
9:11 a.m.
New subject: What the heck is this?
On 31 May 2009 at 8:52, Peter C. Wallace wrote:
http://www.hgrindustrialsurplus.com/sub/product_detail.aspx?id=80-542-
043&searchtable=1&sortExpression=&SortASC=&pageSize=50¤tPageInde
x=0&searchNAP=
The display is a givewaway. It appears to be a 70's era word
processor.
--Chuck
9:20 a.m.
New subject: What the heck is this?
This was just discussed recently:
Date: Tue, 19 May 2009 16:14:12 +0200
From: Pontus Pihlgren <pontus at Update.UU.SE>
Subject: Re: What is this computer (picture)
Id: <20090519141412.GA1137 at Update.UU.SE>
Refs: <ddc584f50905190654m6aeb0c40i3f8918737fd33eb4 at mail.gmail.com>
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On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 09:54:41AM -0400, 9000 VAX wrote:
The link is
http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/4hm2nlcHCZcrQtJeehbykA?feat=directlink
On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 9:36 AM, 9000 VAX <vax9000 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Does it ring a bell?
>
Not sure if it has a bell, but a quick google tells me it is a Princeton
Gamma Tech System 4:
http://www.retrotechnology.com/herbs_stuff/dec.html
Cheers,
Pontus
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9:38 a.m.
New subject: What the heck is this?
On 31 May 2009 at 10:20, Richard wrote:
Not sure if it has a bell, but a quick google tells me
it is a
Princeton Gamma Tech System 4:
http://www.retrotechnology.com/herbs_stuff/dec.html
Sonofagun. Scratch that WP, then :)
--Chuck
9:26 a.m.
New subject: What the heck is this?
"Peter C. Wallace" wrote:
I don't know, it looks like you're going to have to buy it and then figure it
out, how could you resist?
More seriously, googling brings up this lead on the company:
http://www.pgt.com/nuclear/sys4000.html
The company logo, as much as it can be made out, appears identical.
The company profile gives another hint:
"Princeton Gamma-Tech has been a leader in the field of semiconductor
gamma- and X-ray detectors for over 30 years."
Perhaps the "customer service and Reachback program" would provide an answer.
10:03 a.m.
New subject: What the heck is this?
At 10:52 AM 5/31/2009, you wrote:
Yes, it's roughly a PDP 11/23 with a built-in terminal for the
recently mentioned AMRAY electron microscope / PGT X-ray spectrometer.
- John
3:14 p.m.
New subject: What the heck is this?
In article <6.2.3.4.2.20090531120005.03e272c8 at mail.threedee.com>,
John Foust <jfoust at threedee.com> writes:
At 10:52 AM 5/31/2009, you wrote:
>http://www.hgrindustrialsurplus.com/sub/product_detail.aspx?id=80-542-043&se
archtable=1&sortExpression=&SortASC=&pageSize=50¤tPageIndex=0&searchNAP=
Yes, it's roughly a PDP 11/23 with a built-in terminal for the
recently mentioned AMRAY electron microscope / PGT X-ray spectrometer.
Given that it appears to display graphics on the screen, its a bit
more than a "terminal", particularly since it supports color text. So
you at least have some sort of indexed CLUT frame buffer in there,
along with software to render the measurements into 2D graphics.
Basic getpixel/setpixel graphics, I imagine, probably all done in
software with a simple memory-mapped framebuffer, but definately much
more than what one would think of as just a terminal from this period.
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