On Wed, 27 Apr 2016, Bob Rosenbloom wrote:
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
I don't have any ROLM computers (not that I wouldn't love one) but I am
proud to say that I have a complete ROLM SCBX 8000. I've tried to take
some pictures and compile some information on my personal site:
http://wildflower.diablonet.net/~scaron/rolmfieldguide/index.html
I just need to figure out how to get the rack out of my basement and into
my garage! I do have diskettes for the system ... hopefully they're still
good ... someday I hope to have it up and running.
Best,
Sean
P.S. Thanks, again, Bob for helping those two microVAX machines get to
Michigan! So nice to have my Q-bus itch scratched again ;)
