On Sat, Dec 12, 2020 at 2:56 PM Chris Zach via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
> This was a long day. Went over to the house and started working on > getting the Perqs out of the basement. I've been moving smaller stuff to > make room and it was time. > > First up was a Perq1 chassis that just had the big disk drive in it, > side and rear panels. I figured it was lightest and after taking off the > sides and top was able to lift it and carry it up steps. Still heavy and > bulky, but it made room and a path to get to the second one. > > The second one was a mess but a lot heavier: It still had the card cage > in it and I was not going to be able to lift. So I figured out how to > take the sides, top, front, back, and bottom (pounds are made of ounces) > and then spottted the screws that hold the card cage and power supply in > the box. Bless the people at perq, those two screws out and you can lift > the cage out the side of the box. > > The card cage without cards (took them out to lighten) was heavy but I > got it up the steps. Then with a herculean amount of effort I managed to > carry the rest of the box up, followed by the sides, top, front, back, > and bottom plates. > > There are still two more Perqs down there. They have heavier front > plates (I was able to take them off) with real shielding. They were > different designs, so they were not Perq1s and they are not the same as > each other. > > Question: Are there any pictures of other types of Perqs? > DigiBarn has a few pictures of a PERQ 1 and a T2: http://www.digibarn.com/collections/systems/perqt2/index.html There's the rarer PERQ 2, which I have a picture of here: https://1drv.ms/u/s!Aqb36sqnCIfMo9970DK9zAIhDnnUjg > > Unfortunately they are still buried under old Sun gear and a Vaxserver > of some sort. So I'll have to think about those, but they will need to > come apart as well. > > Question: Do the card cages and stuff come off the later Perqs as well? > Not as easily. They can all be disassembled to a point but it's not nearly as simple as the PERQ 1/1A. If you pull the side, front, and rear panels off (be careful there -- the drives are mounted to the rear, and there are cables to deal with), and pull the boards, it should be significantly lighter. > > Also got two different types of keyboards that say Perq, and a monitor > that looks like a big fat white Vetrex and says Three Rivers. > Sounds like the newer-style portrait monitor for the PERQ 2 to me. > > Question: What does a Perq mouse look like? > It varies. See the Digibarn T2 pictures for one example; the Summagraphics Bit Pad One was another common option -- big white tablet about 15" square with a 4-button wired puck. GPIB interface. There was also the Kriz tablet which was smaller and had three buttons. > > At least this stuff will not be junked. I'll take pictures and such > tomorrow and throw a tarp over everything tonight because I'm too tired > to get it out of the truck. > Looking forward to pictures! - Josh > I swore off high-mass hobbies for a reason.... >
