Data General/NeXT/Philips

From: William Donzelli <aw288_at_osfn.org>
Date: Wed Jul 14 12:55:01 1999

> I feared this might be the case, I've never actually come across a DG machine
> of any kind here in the UK during the 12 years or so that I've been collecting.

I do not know if Data General had a big base in the UK. Probably not.

> Roughly how big are they?

I have a couple of machines, no racks, but they are buried so here are
guesses.

I would say a Nova 4 is 6U or 7U tall, rack mounted (of course), and
maybe about 70 pounds. A "standard" 16-bit Eclipse (S/130, S/200, S/230)
is about the same size, but I think a little lighter. Data General made
their machines lean - most everything fits on (rather large) single cards.
 
> BTW Do you know of any sites on the web where I could get some information on
> DG machines?

Look for Carl Friend's Minicomputer Museum on the Web. It is THE place to
start.

William Donzelli
aw288_at_osfn.org
Received on Wed Jul 14 1999 - 12:55:01 BST