On Wed, 1 Nov 2000, Sellam Ismail wrote:
> > Sellam, what OS are you running on your DPS-6? About a decade ago
>
> Currently, none. The system is basically non-operational.
Hmmm.... have to do something about that! The sounds that system
makes when running are too much fun to have it sit quietly. :-)
Anyway, it's good to know that one of these is being preserved.
Aside from no O.S., do you know if the hardware is ok, or
possibly ok? The system that I worked with had some sort of floppy
disk holder inside the front chasis panel with a diagnostics
floppy located there. Did you get one of these?
> I have the setup you describe:
>
> http://www.siconic.com/computers/dps6tall.jpg
That looks like a much nicer system than the one I worked with; it
also appears newer. Looking at the tape drive on yours, it doesn't
appear to use a vacuum column for the tape tension. When the CPU
cabinet's front door was opened, instead of what all I see in yours
(what all's there?), there was just metal screening that allowed one o
see the lights on the boards in the card-cage.
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Received on Thu Nov 02 2000 - 22:57:55 GMT
