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Data General 6012 Terminal - Serial No 1961

6012 Terminal s/n 1961

26th November 202019th February 2021 Restoration Project

This Data General 6012 Terminal (Serial Number: 1961) was due to be my next acquisition to sit alongside my recently acquired Nova 1200. It was being offered for sale on eBay by ‘nextstepglobal’ and I placed an offer on it which was turned down. After the initial auction had ended I was contacted via this […]

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005-003586 General Purpose Interface DG Nova

Nova General Purpose Interface

24th February 202124th February 2021 Restoration Project

Here we have a PCB (005-003568) that apart from interfacing to the Data General Nova bus does nothing else. Of course that’s by design as this board is employed when you need to interface to something bespoke. This particular example was used in a system developed by ADT Security Systems to drive relays.

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Data General Backplane Cables

Spaghetti Western

20th January 202120th January 2021 News

This HUGE box of back plane to bulkhead cables has arrived from Maryland USA (which is west of me). I am pleased to have such a varied source of cables within arm’s reach as I often acquire PCB’s that are missing the necessary bulkhead cables. Thank you Tom.

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Data General Nova 1200 Switch

Nova 1200 – Update 1

29th December 202029th December 2020 Restoration Project

It was not my intention to start the restoration of the 1200 so soon after it arriving, but I stumbled upon someone who could recreate the overlay for me so the 1200 has jumped the queue. I was also able to locate some original switches for the front panel so I also took the opportunity […]

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Data General Nova 1200

Nova 1200

10th November 202029th December 2020 Restoration Project

This Data General Nova 1200 has arrived from the California USA, its missing its CPU PCB and has some damage to the front panel (switches) as well as a very degraded overlay. The Nova 1200 was launched in 1970 which makes it 50 years old this year.   The plan is to fully restore this machine […]

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Data General 6341-A Tape Streamer

6341-A Tape Streamer

13th October 202013th October 2020 Restoration Project

This Data General 6341-A Tape Transport has arrived from the USA along with an interconnecting cable to a MV DC series machine.  This particular example is is prety good cosmetic condition save for a few rusty bolts.  You can follow its restoration HERE. 

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Data General Eclipse S/140 Chassis

Eclipse S/140

1st September 20201st September 2020 Restoration Project

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 Breakout Box Field Engineering

Breaking Out

24th July 20202nd August 2020 Restoration Project

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 Rev 8.1

DG DTOS way back when……..

29th June 202029th June 2020 Information Needed

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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Data General Intergrated Circuis VLSI

Data General Corp VLSI Ident

27th May 202029th June 2020 Information Needed

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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