I have a Wang PC-001. It is about half the width, almost 50% higher
and 25% longer than the original IBM PC (if memory serves me right..
I'll confirm these dimensions tonight). It has a 5 1/4" half height 20
MB hard drive, presumeably a Seagate ST-220 although I've never popped
the cover. Floppy drives I'll check tonight as well, I seem to
remember one 5 1/4" half height. The cards in the rear are mounted
horizontally as well. One interesting part of this pc is that the
monitor has a steel mounting bracket (on one end it holds the monitor,
on the other it has a clamp for the edge of a desk) which is angled at
45 degrees so the monitor can be elevated above the user's desk to
free a desk of all but the keyboard (with the system unit on the
floor).
Marty
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Subject: Wang PC-002 ??
Author: classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu at internet
Date: 6/9/98 2:26 PM
Greetings,
I saw a very large Wang box at a thrift store yesterday, I *think* the
little sticker on it said "PC-002". I didn't see the keyboard, but I
didn't look.
The machine was really big, I think about twice the height of an old
IBM-PC and about the same width. It was longer than it was wide.
It had two full-height 5.25" floppy drives.
>From the back it looked like it had several large horizontally-mounted
cards inside, including one with two coaxial cable connectors and another
with two female DIN connectors.
I would have paid close attention to it had my arms not already been full.
I didn't see the keyboard, but it was probably stacked up in the pile with
all the normal PC crap keyboards.
If I am to go back for it, I'll have to take the car as I doubt I'd be
able to survive the walk to the bus while trying to carry that thing.
Does anyone know what this thing is?
Doug Spence
ds_spenc_at_alcor.concordia.ca
http://alcor.concordia.ca/~ds_spenc/
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