22 Nov
2009
22 Nov
'09
11:26 a.m.
Hi folks,
there are some Siemens items in Kiel. Free for pickup. Will go to scrap if nobody wants
them.
The first two pictures:
http://pdp8.hachti.de/gallery/endangered_stuff
There's also a big printer (one TON!!) in another room. That unit's future will be
the scrapyard as
well if nobody is interested in it.
Best wishes,
Philipp
--
http://www.hachti.de
22 Nov
22 Nov
1:14 p.m.
Hi.
I'm in no position to rescue any of the stuff. But curious about a few
things. Is it an ASR-33 on this picture? And is it that two VT78 or two
VT52?:
http://pdp8.hachti.de/gallery/endangered_stuff/img_0152_1024.jpg
On the last picture:
http://pdp8.hachti.de/gallery/endangered_stuff/img_0357_1024.jpg
I can see what looks like a Norsk Data keyboard, is there any ND related
stuff there? Is the Kongsberg labeled stuff in any way related to that?
When will this stuff be scrapped?
Kind regards,
Pontus.
Philipp Hachtmann wrote:
Hi folks,
there are some Siemens items in Kiel. Free for pickup. Will go to
scrap if nobody wants them.
The first two pictures:
http://pdp8.hachti.de/gallery/endangered_stuff
There's also a big printer (one TON!!) in another room. That unit's
future will be the scrapyard as well if nobody is interested in it.
Best wishes,
Philipp
6:11 p.m.
Eagle Eye Pontus!
Nice spoting! It surely looks like a Tandberg keyboard used by Norsk Data.
If I have understood the scattered pieces of early Norwegian computer
history right then Kongsberg V?penfabrikk AS and Norsk Data AS were
direct competitors in the early years around 1970. Later on ND
concentrated on the mini computers while they bought and rebranded the
peripherals from other makers. Kongsberg dropped the computers and
started to make peripherals and develop software. In 1987 ND takes over
the software branch from Kongsberg.
Ok, now I'm only waiting for all corrections.
:-)
Too bad I'm so far from that Kongsberg machine. It should definitely be
saved in some way.
Is it a complete machine? Is it a computer or some peripheral? How big
is it? Any software, documentation or tapes left for it? Is there any
way to tell the age of it?
/G?ran
Pontus wrote:
Hi.
I'm in no position to rescue any of the stuff. But curious about a few
things. Is it an ASR-33 on this picture? And is it that two VT78 or two
VT52?:
http://pdp8.hachti.de/gallery/endangered_stuff/img_0152_1024.jpg
On the last picture:
http://pdp8.hachti.de/gallery/endangered_stuff/img_0357_1024.jpg
I can see what looks like a Norsk Data keyboard, is there any ND related
stuff there? Is the Kongsberg labeled stuff in any way related to that?
When will this stuff be scrapped?
Kind regards,
Pontus.
Philipp Hachtmann wrote:
Hi folks,
there are some Siemens items in Kiel. Free for pickup. Will go to
scrap if nobody wants them.
The first two pictures:
http://pdp8.hachti.de/gallery/endangered_stuff
There's also a big printer (one TON!!) in another room. That unit's
future will be the scrapyard as well if nobody is interested in it.
Best wishes,
Philipp
23 Nov
23 Nov
9:11 a.m.
Hi,
2009/11/23 G?ran Axelsson <axelsson at acc.umu.se>
Eagle Eye Pontus!
Nice spoting! It surely looks like a Tandberg keyboard used by Norsk Data.
If I have understood the scattered pieces of early Norwegian computer
history right then Kongsberg V?penfabrikk AS and Norsk Data AS were direct
competitors in the early years around 1970. Later on ND concentrated on the
mini computers while
They might have been.
Another part of history is that the predecessors of the first Norsk Data
machines were machines built at Kongsberg (now if Kongsberg designed those
machines alone, in cooperation with FFI, or if FFI designed them alone, I
don't know).
they bought and rebranded the peripherals from other
makers. Kongsberg
dropped the computers and started to make peripherals and develop software.
For part of their history, Kongsberg also made "controllers" (cnc and other
industrial processes) based on their computers. If this part extended into
ND's timeline, I don't know.
Too bad I'm so far from that Kongsberg machine. It
should definitely be
saved in some way.
Is it a complete machine? Is it a computer or some peripheral? How big is
it? Any software, documentation or tapes left for it? Is there any way to
tell the age of it?
To me it looks like it has a complete OMP (Operators Maintenance Panel),
which is an indication that the main rack of the machine is there at least.
Hopefully, people with more knowledge will correct / extend this
information.
--
Regards,
Torfinn Ingolfsen,
Norway
24 Nov
24 Nov
12:55 p.m.
G?ran Axelsson wrote:
[...Kongsberg]
Is it a complete machine?
Yes.
Is it a computer or some peripheral?
It is a
plotter. Or better: A computer acting as plotter controller.
How big
is it?
HUGE!
Any software, documentation or tapes left for it?
At least complete documentation. Rest still unknown.
Is there any
way to tell the age of it?
I assume early 70s.
It's not yet decided what will happen to the Kongsberg machine.
-- Philipp
22 Nov
22 Nov
7:27 p.m.
Hi,
things. Is it an ASR-33 on this picture? And is it
that two VT78 or two
VT52?:
http://pdp8.hachti.de/gallery/endangered_stuff/img_0152_1024.jpg
It is a Siemens T100S teleprinter. 5 bit with mechanical keyboard buffer and automatic
letters/figures shift insertion....
Yes, those are VT5x. But they will be kept.
http://pdp8.hachti.de/gallery/endangered_stuff/img_0357_1024.jpg
I can see what looks like a Norsk Data keyboard, is there any ND related
stuff there? Is the Kongsberg labeled stuff in any way related to that?
Puh.. I
have no Idea... The Kongsberg is located in a room that's not part of my job. I will
have to
ask.
Philipp
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http://www.hachti.de
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