This Data General Eclipse S/140 Chassis has arrived, it will enable me to test my S/140 and Nova 4 CPUs and related PCB’s in due course. This particular example is the shielded version and formed part of a GE CAT scanner many years ago.
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Data General Field Engineering Breakout Box Another blast from the past – anyone remember FE days fault finding ASYNC connectivity?
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Data General DTOS 8.1 on cassette. Here is a blast from the past – anyone remember loading DTOS from cassette tape? This is way before my time but I suspect this was the next stage on from Paper Tape before 9 Track Mag Tape became prevalent. VIP John (USA) has very kindly entrusted me with […]
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This Data General Corporation Integrated Circuit is used on an Intelligent Lan Controller (ILC) board which came with my Eclipse MV/9800 the PCB also has an Intel 82586 IEEE 802.3 co-processor. Does anyone recognise the 48pin DIP labeled A01 and have any information on it and/or the PCB? The PCB part number is 005-039526 – […]
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With lock-down in place here in the UK restoration work has stalled as systems are either at my place of work or in storage both of which I am unable to attend. So in order to stem the withdraw symptoms I have been continuing work on an extender for the Nova/Eclipse bus. I am about […]
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A recent day trip to France has returned (for restoration and preservation) and following items: Data General MV2000DC Mk 1 Data General MV2000DC Mk 2 Data General Desktop Model 20 Along with: Circa 150 DG Floppy Disks Circa 150 DG Tapes for MV2000 inc Microcode for MV1000, MV1400 and MV2000 Various DG20 Spares (PCB’s, Disks, […]
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More AViiON related media arrived this morning including: AViiON SCM Update Media Rev 17.00 Prom 4.4.0 (CD)AViiON ix86 In-Service Diagnostics Rev 8.0 (CD)AViiON m88k In-Service Diagnostics Rev 8.0 (CD)AViiON System Diagnostics Rev 12.40 (CD)DG/UX Release 4.20MU05 Documentation (CD)DG/UX OS with X for Intel Release 4.20MU05 (CD)DG/UX Maintenance Update 5.4R3.00.MU05 (Tape)DG/UX OS with X for 88k […]
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I have finally found the time to start work on the restoration of the MPT/100. I have removed the Main PCB and started the long process of component inspection, cleaning and component testing. The picture shows the area previously covered by the brightness potentiometer and its mounting hardware. This was the first component to be […]
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Brian contacted me recently after stumbling across my site. His father (Roland Quillia) was with DG for over 20 years (70’s – 90’s) and mainly oversaw the Westboro and Southboro Facilities in Massachusetts but had responsibility across the US. Brian has fond memories of being inside the DG headquarters many times. He has also very kindly […]
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Suprise delivery this week from the guy I acquired the AViiON 5500 from, he found a keyboard, some further documentation and two tapes one for DG/UX 5.4.2 and AViiON Diagnostics Rev 13 (12.60). You can take a look at the inside of this machine and follow its restoration by clicking here.
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