Honeywell DPS-6 and other stuff

From: Vintage Computer Festival <vcf_at_siconic.com>
Date: Wed Apr 7 16:42:27 2004

On Wed, 7 Apr 2004, jim wrote:

> the "b#####" may be a part of the DPS 6 ultimate system. That format
> is suspiciously near the Bull Service number.. Please make sure that this
> is not on something like the disk drives cabinets for the honeywell.
>
> Also, since I'm in Southern California, I'd be glad to either go or
> send a colleague up there to inspect the pile to make sure it is
> grouped properly and carefully disassembled.
>
> The Ultimate systems had pretty good cabling that might be taken
> apart by amateurs or the uninitiated in curating old iron, but there may
> be parts misplaced and packing considerations, especially to getting
> the heads properly secured if indeed the "Bxxxxx" parts are drives.
>
> They may be any of: 80mb, 300mb top load removeable, 160, 300
> mb fixed, either SMD or ESMD drives.

Hey Jim.

Thanks for making yourself available. I'm sure you'll be a great help to
the folks who are wanting to claim this stuff. I'm still waiting for some
digital photos and will report back once I get them so we can figure out
the next move.

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Sellam Ismail                                        Vintage Computer Festival
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