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Data General Pharaoh Manual
5th August 201922nd May 2020Restoration Project

Data General One (Pepi II)

DHL delivered a very nice surprise to me today courtesy of VIP John (USA). John has very kindly entrusted me with his […]

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crater en masse
5th June 201922nd May 2020Restoration Project

Crater en masse

I had a call a couple of days ago to say that the Data General 6220 5Mb Winchester Chassis was ready at the […]

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Data General Back-plane DB50
10th May 201922nd May 2020Restoration Project

Creating a Standard (DB50)

When my Data General Eclipse MV9800 system, arrived I was rather excited to find a number of DG SCSI II controllers in […]

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DG 6220 Winchester Side-1
13th March 201922nd May 2020Restoration Project

Something Rather Rusty!

I found (via the classiccmp mailing list) an intriguing Data General item; intriguing because I have not seen a unit like this […]

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MPT/100 PSU
15th February 201922nd May 2020Restoration Project

Power Supply (PSU) Checks

An important part of any restoration project is thoroughly checking the power supply unit (PSU) of the equipment you intend to restore. […]

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Resistor Array
6th February 20197th August 2019Restoration Project

Terminator?

Something that is new to me is the Data General Burst Multiplexor Channel (BMC) bus. When I used a Nova 3 and […]

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MPT/100 Angle
4th February 20197th August 2019Restoration Project

Data General MPT/100 Has Arrived

This Data General Enterprise MPT/100 has arrived for restoration and preservation – it’s a sweet little machine that has a microNOVA CPU […]

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Data General Tape
15th January 20197th August 2019News, Restoration Project

Data General Preservation & Restoration

Welcome to my site which I intend to be a resource for anyone undertaking restoration on Data General systems.

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