Re: Ouch, but 2 Perqs out.

2021-01-03 Thread Chris Zach via cctalk
Hi all! Well another trip into the basement today. Found a second Perq type 1 keyboard (with the LED panel on the back), a pair of platform things that look like they might be digitizer pads, and about 20 MFM hard disk drives of every model and vintage. One of the Perq2's does not have a bac

Re: Ouch, but 2 Perqs out.

2020-12-23 Thread Why 42? The lists account. via cctalk
On Tue, Dec 22, 2020 at 11:28:54AM -0500, Chris Zach via cctech wrote: > ... > Ok. They're safe now and I'll see what else I can retrieve before the end of > year. That would be very cool. Good luck! > ... that would give me room to move more of the Sun junk out of the way > to unearth these. Care

Re: Ouch, but 2 Perqs out.

2020-12-22 Thread Chris Zach via cctalk
I can see that it was a long day - but you are doing good work! Keep it up! Whereabouts is all this heavy lifting taking place, in the US? I wouldn't have expected to see ICL Perqs so far from home ... They're here in the US: I think one of these came from Sparrows Point Beth Steel, I remember

Re: Ouch, but 2 Perqs out.

2020-12-22 Thread Tony Duell via cctalk
On Tue, Dec 22, 2020 at 3:53 PM Why 42? The lists account. via cctalk wrote: > > > On Sat, Dec 12, 2020 at 05:56:40PM -0500, Chris Zach via cctech 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

Re: Ouch, but 2 Perqs out.

2020-12-22 Thread Why 42? The lists account. via cctalk
On Sat, Dec 12, 2020 at 05:56:40PM -0500, Chris Zach via cctech 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. I can see that it was a long day - but you are doing

Re: Ouch, but 2 Perqs out.

2020-12-14 Thread David Gesswein via cctalk
On Sat, Dec 12, 2020 at 10:00:43PM -0500, Chris Zach wrote: > > I'm going to have to get that GSC thing out as well if I am going to reach > these. > Looks like a rebadged HP 1000 series machine.

Re: Ouch, but 2 Perqs out.

2020-12-13 Thread Chris Zach via cctalk
After removing the above, you can remove the floppy drive (the normal 3 cable to an 8" drive and I think 3 screws) and the power supply (under the floppy drive, there are 3 output cables with in-line plugs and sockets, an IEC type main input on the back of the PSU chassis, and 2 screws at the fron

Re: Ouch, but 2 Perqs out.

2020-12-13 Thread Chris Zach via cctalk
Looks like an HP-1000 E-Series 2109 or 2113 sitting on top of the Perq box. Yes. I don't know much about the HP series computers. So I should take it up the steps (is it heavy?), and is it historical like the Perqs? C

RE: Ouch, but 2 Perqs out.

2020-12-13 Thread Dave Wade G4UGM via cctalk
There might be info here http://sw.ccs.bcs.org/iclarch/ You don't have mini DAO?? https://www.computerconservationsociety.org/wg-mildap.htm Dave G4UGM > -Original Message- > From: cctalk On Behalf Of Chris Zach via > cctalk > Sent: 12 December 2020 22:57 > To: CCTalk mailing list > S

Re: Ouch, but 2 Perqs out.

2020-12-12 Thread Glen Slick via cctalk
On Sat, Dec 12, 2020, 8:56 PM Chris Zach via cctalk wrote: > > http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/17020/ICL-PERQ-2-T1-Workstation/ > > > > A bit more uncommon over here, I think... > > More like this: Here is a shot of the two of them from the front. > > https://www.crystel.com/bob/perq3/DSC_

Re: Ouch, but 2 Perqs out.

2020-12-12 Thread Tony Duell via cctalk
On Sat, Dec 12, 2020 at 11:30 PM Josh Dersch via cctalk wrote: > > 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 pa

Re: Ouch, but 2 Perqs out.

2020-12-12 Thread Chris Zach via cctalk
http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/17020/ICL-PERQ-2-T1-Workstation/ A bit more uncommon over here, I think... More like this: Here is a shot of the two of them from the front. https://www.crystel.com/bob/perq3/DSC_0121.JPG I'm going to have to get that GSC thing out as well if I am going

Re: Ouch, but 2 Perqs out.

2020-12-12 Thread Josh Dersch via cctalk
On Sat, Dec 12, 2020 at 6:31 PM Chris Zach wrote: > > DigiBarn has a few pictures of a PERQ 1 and a T2: > > > > http://www.digibarn.com/collections/systems/perqt2/index.html > > Yep, the 1 is out, and one of the other two is a T2 like the picture. > > > There's the rarer PERQ 2, which I have a pi

Re: Ouch, but 2 Perqs out.

2020-12-12 Thread Chris Zach via cctalk
DigiBarn has a few pictures of a PERQ 1 and a T2: http://www.digibarn.com/collections/systems/perqt2/index.html Yep, the 1 is out, and one of the other two is a T2 like the picture. There's the rarer PERQ 2, which I have a picture of here: Hm. The other one does not look like that, it is si

Re: Ouch, but 2 Perqs out.

2020-12-12 Thread Josh Dersch via cctalk
On Sat, Dec 12, 2020 at 2:56 PM Chris Zach via cctalk 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 dri