Data General Eclipse being scrapped

From: Tothwolf <tothwolf_at_concentric.net>
Date: Thu Nov 7 00:52:00 2002

On Wed, 6 Nov 2002, Bruce Ray wrote:

> I received this message this morning, have contacted Eric and also
> posting his message to the group (which apparently got lost in the
> ether).
>
> Eric indicates that tese are double-bay racks each with an S/130, 10 MB
> (5 + 5) Phoenix disk drive, 9-track tape controller and other minor
> peripherals. I am trying to at least preserve the docs and software but
> would also like to see the core processor hardware saved.
> Unfortunately this is a very short notice but would appreciate
> comments/ideas/help or sympathy.

If I was located up your way, I'd help out in any way I could.
Unfortunately, I'm in Texas, so I can't really help, but you certainly
have my sympathy. After that dumpster fiasco (well, not completely, but so
many books, magazines, and papers were lost to the rain), I know just how
difficult it can be to successfully rescue/salvage stuff...

-Toth
Received on Thu Nov 07 2002 - 00:52:00 GMT