FW: Rolm Rugged Novas

From: Eric Chomko <chomko_at_greenbelt.com>
Date: Wed May 9 14:09:03 2001

acorda_at_1bigred.com wrote:

> Does anyone else on the list have a Rolm besides me? I wonder
> how many are actually in private hands. I have a 1602 that I
> picked up at the Manassas Va. hamfest a couple of years ago.
> The fellow that sold it to me claimed that he bought 2 of 'em
> at a NASA auction, which is believable because it has a couple
> of tags that proclaim it to be part of a "Spacecraft Simulator".
>

Do you know if it came from the Goddard Spacefilght Center?
I know of a spacecraft simulator (SOCC) that was flown around
on board a modified Boeing jet. I know some folks that worked
on THAT system. Perhaps your box is one of those?

Eric

>
> I haven't yet had time to play with it, but I hope to do so sometime
> this summer. Attaching anything to the mil-spec connectors is going
> to require a lot of creativity :)
>
> -al-
> acorda_at_1bigred.com
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Bill Pechter [mailto:pechter_at_bg-tc-ppp1375.monmouth.com]
> > Sent: Monday, May 07, 2001 5:30 PM
> > To: classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org
> > Subject: Re: Rolm Rugged Novas
> >
> >
> > > G'day DCC/DG lovers -
> > >
> > > I have updated the SimuLogics site with some DCC, Rolm and DG/One info.
> > > (Its a start, anyway.)
> > >
> > > www.SimuLogics.com/nostalgia/rolm/rolm.htm
> >
> > I know there's lots of those Rolms still in use by the military.
> > At least they were everywhere when I field serviced Vax systems at Fort
> > Monmouth (a hotbed of Army software development) in the mid '80's.
> >
> > Bill
Received on Wed May 09 2001 - 14:09:03 BST