Rolm Computers: 1602, 1602A, 1602B, 1666, MSExx (was Data General Nova Star Trek)

[Bob Rosenbloom]

On 4/26/2016 11:23 PM, Erik Baigar wrote:
>
>
> Well - "are out there" I agree, but do you know of any PRIVATELY
> owned and ALIVE machines? There is lot of PDP* discussion here, but
> it is very hard to get in touch with people being working on
> Rolm stuff. Of course: In contrast to a non-working PDP8 (which
> still looks beautiful) a defunc Rolm processor is just a very
> heavy brick of metal.
>
> So any one out there also preserving Rolm computer hardware in
> working condition?
>

I have my Rolm 1603 working. No peripherals hooked to it, but you can 
toggle in stuff from the front panel.
http://dvq.com/oldcomp/photos2/1k/rolm1603_f.jpg

Bob


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