On Wed, February 17, 2016 06:59, Arno Kletzander wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Is anyone interested in PCS Cadmus/QU68000 systems? We at Hack42 have no >> idea what to do with them. We need to downsize and these take up a >> significant amount of our space. >> >> See http://dev.ramdyne.nl/IMG_2750.JPG for photograph of the stack. >> >> If you know other people who are interested in beasts like these, please >> pass this information on. >> -- >> Andreas > > Looks like interesting machinery from a German manufacturer! > > There is a short blurb about them on de:wp > (https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadmus_Workstations) saying the PCS QU68000 > were based on (who'd have guessed...) a 68000 processor on a QBus (!) > while the later models sold under the CADMUS trademark held 68020/030 and, > from 1985 on, MIPS RISC processors. They ran MUNIX, a V7 UNIX derivate, > with some quite sophisticated cluster integration (network boot, > "Newcastle connection" common superroot namespace, networked block > devices) enabled by a board called the Intelligent Communications > Controller. > The outfit even still seems to stick around here > (https://www.pcs.com/en/company/history/the-history-of-pcs/), albeit > manufacturing access/time registration/industrial data terminals nowadays. > > As usual, if somebody from Germany conducts an operation on those and > doesn't know where to put all of them, I'm willing to help out with > collecting and re-homing. (I may also have an opportunity to collect a > couple of them in the Netherlands if there are any left by/can be held > onto until end of May 2016. I'd wish for one of each significantly > different type but this is not a reservation but a "last resort" deal if > they'd go to trash otherwise. Basically, if anyone else comes along > offering a good home for them, I'm happy to stand back.) > > TIA, > > Arno >
Yes, those were nice machines. I worked with these systems in '84 - '87 and did visit their premises in Munich a few times. It was a small office/factory building in the mids of a housing area. Ed -- Ik email, dus ik besta. BTC : 1J5fajt8ptyZ2V1YURj3YJZhe5j3fJVSHN LTC : LP2WuEmYPbpWUBqMFGJfdm7pdHEW7fKvDz