An important part of any restoration project is thoroughly checking the power supply unit (PSU) of the equipment you intend to restore. A fault with a PSU could potentially render the whole units electronics dead so its critical that you ensure that the PSU is operating as designed. Take notes/pictures before removing any cables or […]
Something that is new to me is the Data General Burst Multiplexor Channel (BMC) bus. When I used a Nova 3 and Eclipse S140 the BMC bus did not exist. As far as I can tell this was introduced with the advent of the MV/8000 (Eagle). The BMC bus allows PCB’s to transfer data direct […]
This Data General Enterprise MPT/100 has arrived for restoration and preservation – it’s a sweet little machine that has a microNOVA CPU hiding inside, dual 5.25″ floppy drives and integrated keyboard and display. It would have run MP/OS. More to follow on its dedicated restoration page here. I am looking for Documentation and Software for the […]