Rescue of Four Phase Systems mini-computer from Tampa (long)

From: Geoff Roberts <geoffrob_at_stmarks.pp.catholic.edu.au>
Date: Thu Mar 1 17:18:33 2001

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From: "Vintage Computer Festival" <vcf_at_siconic.com>
To: "Classic Computers Mailing List" <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Friday, March 02, 2001 6:18 AM
Subject: Rescue of Four Phase Systems mini-computer from Tampa (long)


(From one lover of big iron to another)

> The rescue of a very obscure 70s era mini-computer was accomplished
last
> Thursday and Friday. It had been sitting in a storage shed on a
forsaken
> piece of property in Tampa, Florida, for at least 15 years, quite
possibly
> 20

Nice catch Sellam. Well planned and executed operation.
Looks a bit ratty (sorry, couldn't resist) but I've seen worse looking
stuff still clean up pretty well.
Looks like there's a very good chance it's restorable to functioning
condition.

Best of luck with it.

Cheers

Geoff Roberts
Computer Systems Manager
Saint Mark's College
Port Pirie,
South Australia
geoffrob_at_stmarks.pp.catholic.edu.au
ICQ: 1970476
Received on Thu Mar 01 2001 - 17:18:33 GMT