I've been contacted by a credit union in southern California that has a
Honeywell DPS-6 among some other stuff.
The list includes:
Honeywell DPS-6
Spectralogic ST865 tape drive
Honeywell-Bull tape drive (in a large cabinet)
Something with model number B01730 (the only information I have on this)
AlphaServer 2100 (225Mhz, .5GB RAM, (5) RZ28 HD, (6) VT320, TSZ70)
Very large UPS (two racks, lots of batteries)
The location is City of Commerce, California (south Los Angeles).
The Honeywell DPS-6 is the coolest member of this lot. I would not mind
having it but for a couple issues, primarily my lack of time for
embarking on a long-distance haul and my desire to rid myself of large
things at this point as opposed to acquiring them. And I already have
one, though it's in rough shape.
I'm going to give the Computer History Museum first dibs on the DPS-6.
The rest of the stuff is up for grabs. The company just wants it hauled
off and they need it gone within a month or so.
In case the CHM does not want the DPS-6 but you do, let me know. GCOS
(the OS for the DPS-6) was inspired by Multics. Some information here:
http://wombat.doc.ic.ac.uk/foldoc/foldoc.cgi?GCOS
...and here:
http://perso.club-internet.fr/febcm/english/gcos_6_products.htm
So it could be a fun machine to hack on if you have the room.
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Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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