Dominique, Might you have any updates on your Nixdorf 620 / Entrex 480 system? I am quite interested, and it's been a while since I've seen any email with these keywords here, from you or anyone.
Someday, it is my hope that I might take a tour of your system in Belgium, on my next trip to the region, if you would be open to this. I am quite fascinated by this rare dinosaur of a system. I have begun to archive your work, and everything else I've ever found about the Entrex 480 systems here: http://Entrex480.com Like your system restoration, it is a work in progress... Best always, AJ On Tue, Jan 16, 2018 at 9:52 AM Dominique Carlier via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > I understand very well your concerns about sending by mail rare data on > magnetic media. It's a pity that I live so far away (in Belgium), even > if I have not finished to configure my machines, at the end I should be > able to write anything on any media, and concerning magnetic tapes it > will be from 500 to 6250 bpi. > > If one day you find in your stock a communication board for Nova 1200 > that you do not use please note that I am a potential buyer. > > In the meantime, I have to find solutions to reopen all my old monsters > to the outside world ;-) > > Dominique > > On 16/01/2018 15:19, Jay West via cctalk wrote: > > The 'other Jay' wrote... > > ---------------------------------- > > Diagnostics for DG systems are notoriously difficult to find. I have a > few, in listing format. > > ---------------------------------- > > I have a full official DG-issued/labeled original diagnostic OS tape. I > do believe it is at 800bpi though. If I had an 800 bpi drive (everything I > have is 1600-6250) I'd image it for everyone. > > > > I have a nice S/130 rack that I was almost finished restoring till Bruce > Ray stopped responding. It's been sitting in my workshop for years now and > I may have to just get rid of it. Next to it is a pile of about 8 nova > 800/1200 cpus (all stuffed with boards) that I was going to start on next, > but was waiting till the S/130 was done. I'd like to get done with them so > I can move on to other machines that need to be restored... but may have to > just move them out altogether. > > > > I'm wary of just sending the tape through the mail for imaging.... maybe > I can find someone local with an 800 bpi tape drive and eric smith's > tapeutils. > > > > J > > > > > > > > -- Thanks, AJ Palmgren http://fb.me/SelmaTrainWreck http://SelmaTrainWreck.blogspot.com https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100010931314283 https://www.linkedin.com/in/aj-palmgren-4a085516/