Picked up this beast at thrift store this morning. It's a Convergent
Technologies Workstation made by Unisys. Powering it up produces the
following (my added comments in parentheses):
T
***************
L
(hard disk activity begins here, LED '1' lights up)
...................................
...................................
...................................
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.....
(screen clears)
a240MstrpMP-9.1/00
(screen clears)
SysInit 9.15
There will be a momentary delay as the system now begins loading
$JOB Sysinit,,
Execution begun: Sat Mar 1, 1952 12:00M
$RUN [d0]<sys>InstallQMgr.run
Termination status code: 0
$RUN [d0]<sys>InstallSPL.run
Termination status code: 0
$Run [Sys]<Sys>SPrint.run
(4 beeps here)
Termination status code: 0
$END
Execution ended: Sat Mar 1, 1952 12:00M
(screen clears)
SysInit 9.15
LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF CO
System Signon
User Name
Password
Date/Time
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There's a reference to a company in Minnesota called Service Information
Systems, but their number has been disconnected. Probably dead or
bought out and absorbed years ago.
A Unisys Service Identification tag on the back of the CRT has:
Service Number
TP-191050
Style Number
OM-1001 ZZ
and a tag at the base of the unit has:
Convergent Technologies Workstation
Product Number 99-01640
Serial Number A-26671
This is mounted next to a tag stating 'No User Servicable Parts' (along
with dire warnings about voiding your warranty, burning your extended
family at the stake, and having your knees broken with baseball bats by
guys with crooked noses named 'Vinny', should you dare to open the case.)
I'd like to be able to clear the original owners' information off the
drive and start over, but I'm unfamiliar with the OS and haven't had any
luck getting past the login.
Unisys has remade itself as an e-Business Solutions Provider, and their
website has no useful information; a call to their tech support produced
responses of 'Uhhh...' and 'You have a what?' along with muffled laughter.
I think the 'a240MstrpMP-9.1/00' means that it's running CTOS 9.1, but I
haven't been able to dig up any useful info on the unit itself, or the OS.
Any ideas?
Mike
http://tarnover.org
The Apple II Repository
Received on Thu Jan 10 2002 - 15:07:52 GMT