New acquisition

From: Patrick Finnegan <pat_at_purdueriots.com>
Date: Mon Sep 16 22:39:01 2002

I've just picked up a nearly-free NCR model 2119 (class 3400-MSTD). It
appears to be almost exactly the same (probably somewhat newer version) as
the Unisys U5000 I once had. Of course, there's no information available
on the web, and it didn't come with any documentation. However, I do
still have the old Unisys manuals for the moment so I can figure out what
is what (Will: email me if you still want those, I've not heard back from
you in a while).

I've got to get the thing cleaned off outside, and then moved upstairs...
that will be not-so-fun. It's about 30"x30"x8" deep (guestimate
dimensions) and weighs in excess of 100LBS. It has a pair of MFM hard
drives (full height 5.25") a streaming tape drive, and a 5.25" floppy
drive mounted in it. Also has 8 RS-232 DA-15 serial ports, a parallel (?)
printer port, and some sort of other, possibly serial, DB-25 port.

I'm hoping that it still has an OS on it, I might be able to figure out
how to get around and root password it has...

Anyone have more info on the system? I'm gonna get some picture up as
soon as I can drag it up here.

-- Pat
Received on Mon Sep 16 2002 - 22:39:01 BST