SUPRDAVE wrote:
i saw a complete tandem computer system for sale for
$8 today. it has the
usual desktop case, a monitor and two external 5.25 floppy drives with what
appears to be a seagate mfm drive with each floppy drive! the system is
complete, and everything is connected together, but was unable to test it. is
this thing worth getting, or is it just another pc compatible? i have plenty
of xt and 286 variants to keep me going for a long time. if its something
else, or has significant historical value, i'll go get it.
david
Ahh, are you sure it says 'TANDEM' and not 'Tandon'?
^^ ^^
If it were a TANDEM, you'd have a difficult time getting it onto a
desktop (in fact, it would probly crush it). Unless, this were a
PeeCee with their name on it, used as a maintainence terminal for
these fault-tolerant beasts (I suspect both the NonStop and NonStop
II's do qualify as classics now, BTW).
On the other hand, Tandon (of disk drive fame) did build a line of
PeeCee's into the mid 90's (one of their factories was in The LA
area, across the street from one of the accounts I used to service at
the time).
A friend of mine bought one in 1990 (or thereabouts). It seemed like
a pretty solid machine (for a PeeCee, that is).
I don't suspect its terribly collectable, but you know what they say:
Different strokes . . .
Jeff