Re: I ran across this strange modernistic? Data General ...odd?

2018-05-23 Thread Michael Thompson via cctech
It could be the Intel 8086 version. I need to look at the serial/model number tags. Sent from my iPhone > On May 23, 2018, at 1:46 AM, Lars Brinkhoff wrote: > > Michael Thompson wrote: >> I put a picture of the one at RICM here: >> http://www.ricomputermuseum.org/Home/equipment/data-general-de

Re: I ran across this strange modernistic? Data General ...odd?

2018-05-23 Thread Lars Brinkhoff via cctech
Michael Thompson wrote: > I put a picture of the one at RICM here: > http://www.ricomputermuseum.org/Home/equipment/data-general-desktop-generation/DG_Desktop_Generation.jpg > > Going from left to right: QIC tape drive, dual floppies, disk drive, > card expansion, CPU, and power supply. We have the

Re: I ran across this strange modernistic? Data General ...odd?

2018-05-23 Thread Ed Sharpe via cctech
OK if you hear of any monitors or keyboards,please let us knowl! Sent from AOL Mobile Mail On Wednesday, May 23, 2018 Michael Thompson via cctech wrote: It could be the Intel 8086 version. I need to look at the serial/model number tags. Sent from my iPhone > On May 23, 2018, at 1:46 AM, La

Digital VT420 repair?

2018-05-23 Thread Waldemar Brodkorb via cctech
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Re: Digital VT420 repair?

2018-05-23 Thread Bill Degnan via cctech
when you power it on, the keyboard light should activate, the screen should display the initialization graphic pattern, print wait on the screen and then beep. My 420 is a little dimmer than I'd like it to be, I assume there is a fix for that internally (read the manuals), but if you're not even g

Re: I ran across this strange modernistic? Data General ...odd?

2018-05-23 Thread Chuck Guzis via cctech
On 05/22/2018 10:46 PM, Lars Brinkhoff via cctech wrote: > This is with a microEclipse CPU, right? > > I'm surprised the Nova/Eclipse architecture doesn't get more love. > It seems quite pleasant. > As I recall--and please correct me--DG was extremely hostile to the notion of third parties inco

Re: Original CAD code in the wild?

2018-05-23 Thread Paul McJones via cctech
Randy, Although there are people interested in collecting historic software (especially source code), I don’t know of a central place to discuss it. I’ve collected the original IBM 704 Fortran/Fortran II compiler, the original IBM 709x Lisp II interpreter, and various other things (see http://

Re: I ran across this strange modernistic? Data General ...odd?

2018-05-23 Thread Liam Proven via cctech
On Wed, 23 May 2018 at 17:47, Chuck Guzis via cctech wrote: > The same situation applied to the Fairchild 9440 MicroFlame, which was > essentially a clone of the MicroNova architecture. This led me to some fascinating stuff. Thanks! The CPU: http://www.cpushack.com/2017/11/14/cpu-of-the-day-fa