24th February 202124th February 2021Restoration Project, Technology Nova General Purpose Interface Here we have a PCB (005-003568) that apart from interfacing to the Data General Nova bus does nothing else. Of course that’s […] Share this:TwitterFacebookLinkedInRedditEmailPrintLike this:Like Loading...
29th December 202029th December 2020Restoration Project, Technology Nova 1200 – Update 1 It was not my intention to start the restoration of the 1200 so soon after it arriving, but I stumbled upon someone […] Share this:TwitterFacebookLinkedInRedditEmailPrintLike this:Like Loading...
26th November 202019th February 2021Restoration Project, Technology 6012 Terminal s/n 1961 This Data General 6012 Terminal (Serial Number: 1961) was due to be my next acquisition to sit alongside my recently acquired Nova […] Share this:TwitterFacebookLinkedInRedditEmailPrintLike this:Like Loading...
10th November 202029th December 2020Restoration Project, Technology Nova 1200 This Data General Nova 1200 has arrived from the California USA, its missing its CPU PCB and has some damage to the […] Share this:TwitterFacebookLinkedInRedditEmailPrintLike this:Like Loading...
13th October 202013th October 2020Restoration Project, Technology 6341-A Tape Streamer This Data General 6341-A Tape Transport has arrived from the USA along with an interconnecting cable to a MV DC series machine. […] Share this:TwitterFacebookLinkedInRedditEmailPrintLike this:Like Loading...
1st September 20201st September 2020Restoration Project, Technology Eclipse S/140 This Data General Eclipse S/140 Chassis has arrived, it will enable me to test my S/140 and Nova 4 CPUs and related […] Share this:TwitterFacebookLinkedInRedditEmailPrintLike this:Like Loading...
24th July 20202nd August 2020Restoration Project, Technology Breaking Out Data General Field Engineering Breakout Box Another blast from the past – anyone remember FE days fault finding ASYNC connectivity? Share this:TwitterFacebookLinkedInRedditEmailPrintLike this:Like Loading...
29th June 202029th June 2020Information Needed, News, Restoration Project, Technology DG DTOS way back when…….. Data General DTOS 8.1 on cassette. Here is a blast from the past – anyone remember loading DTOS from cassette tape? This […] Share this:TwitterFacebookLinkedInRedditEmailPrintLike this:Like Loading...
27th May 202029th June 2020Information Needed, News, Restoration Project, Technology Data General Corp VLSI Ident This Data General Corporation Integrated Circuit is used on an Intelligent Lan Controller (ILC) board which came with my Eclipse MV/9800 the […] Share this:TwitterFacebookLinkedInRedditEmailPrintLike this:Like Loading...
25th April 202022nd May 2020News, Restoration Project, Technology Reaching Out With lock-down in place here in the UK restoration work has stalled as systems are either at my place of work or […] Share this:TwitterFacebookLinkedInRedditEmailPrintLike this:Like Loading...