Latest Rescue

From: Merle K. Peirce <at258_at_osfn.org>
Date: Tue Dec 3 18:45:00 2002

I just returned from rescuing a ca 1980 Wang VS-90 from a factory in
Yorklyn, Delaware. The 90 is a fairly rare single processor version of
the big VS-100, and was replaced with the VS-85 at an early date because it
was not a very popular model, although a number were used by the US Govt
in the island territories, often, I was told, with huge battery banks
because the power supply was very undependable.

This VS-90 is attributed to commerce raider Victor Posner who at one point
owned 64 Wang mainframes. Rather a nice system.


Rhode Island Computer Museum, Inc.
Shady Lea, Rhode Island

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Received on Tue Dec 03 2002 - 18:45:00 GMT