donner analog computer

From: Dwight K. Elvey <dwightk.elvey_at_amd.com>
Date: Sat Aug 16 19:56:00 2003

Hi Ed
 Although, I have no specific manuals, these systems
are quite easy to work on. I hope that no one has stripped
it for tubes or parts. There are many application books
published for analog computers. Programming these are
almost always similar.
 I would love to work on bringing yours back to life
but am afraid that the distance is a little to great
( I live in Santa Cruz, CA ). Maybe something can
be worked out with the Computer History Museum,
here in Mountain View ( http://www.computerhistory.org/ ).
Some kind of loan or something.
 I could work on it there, assuming that you could locate
a sponsor to cover cost of repair, patches, program resistor and
program capacitors.
 You might also check with Doug Coward:
    http://www.best.com/~dcoward/analog
He may have some information specific to Donner Systems machines.
 Like I said, I'd love to play with it.
Dwight Elvey

>From: "ed sharpe" <esharpe_at_uswest.net>
>
>Please see the Donner analog computer at:
>http://www.smecc.org/analog_computers.htm
>
>we would like to get enough stuff and some docs to get it operational.
>
>Thanks Ed Sharpe archivist for SMECC
>
>Please check our web site at
> http://www.smecc.org
>to see other engineering fields, communications and computation stuff we
>buy, and by all means when in Arizona drop in and see us.
>
>address:
>
> coury house / smecc
>5802 w palmaire ave
>glendale az 85301
>
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "ed sharpe" <esharpe_at_uswest.net>
>To: <cctalk_at_classiccmp.org>; <cctech_at_classiccmp.org>
>Cc: <jwest_at_classiccmp.org>
>Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2003 7:02 PM
>Subject: Re: HP2000 pictures
>
>
>> that is curious... but I see why the spread the weight of the three
>> drives...
>>
>> we used 2883 disc drives on the main system, and a 7900 on the test
>> system.
>> we also had a rack with a spare processor and reader with a hot spare...
>> but nice to have the reader on that processor too if we wanted to listen
>to
>> music on an am radio next to the processor!
>>
>> If you go to the www.smecc.org near the bottom of the home page there
>is
>> a b/w picture... you can click on it and see what I am describing.
>>
>> by the way can use a 2883 disc drive or two....
>>
>> ed sharpe archivist for smecc
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Jay West" <jwest_at_classiccmp.org>
>> To: <cctech_at_classiccmp.org>
>> Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2003 5:59 PM
>> Subject: HP2000 pictures
>>
>>
>> > Hey folks... just happened to come across some pictures of HP2000
>systems
>> > that I have never come across before. Shows some really nice
>> configurations.
>> >
>> > http://www.entrix.co.uk/nostalgia.html
>> >
>> > Jay West
Received on Sat Aug 16 2003 - 19:56:00 BST

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