RED ALERT!! BIG LOAD OF FREEBIES!!

From: Daniel A. Seagraves <dseagrav_at_bsdserver.tek-star.net>
Date: Fri Dec 5 11:04:54 1997

On Fri, 5 Dec 1997, Tim Shoppa wrote:

> The 2020's cabinet has about the same footprint as a 11/750 but
> several feet taller, and it easily
> contains both the CPU and a 10.5" Unibus box. Of course, any real
> system also has several Massbus disks and tapes attached to it.

According to my book, it's a Hi-boy case, 29"x60"
There's all kindsa interesting stuff in here...

>
> I sincerely hope that whoever grabs the 2020 has enough sense to take
> home a couple of 18-bit RP05 or RM03 drives along with the OS packs.
> It would be a crying shame to see the peripherals separated from
> this machine! Of course, with each of the disk drives weighing about
> as much as the CPU, I'm worried that separation may occur!
>

That's my usual comes-back-to-bite-me-in-the-ass manuver - forgetting the
disks but getting the machine to save room...

>
> In the remaining 2020 installation that I know of, two 2020's (one
> running TOPS-20, the other running ITS) along with two RP05's,
> two RM03's, and two 9-track drives all fit in a single room
> roughly 16 feet x 12 feet quite comfortably.
>

Is this also where you work?
Received on Fri Dec 05 1997 - 11:04:54 GMT