On Sat, Dec 12, 2020 at 6:31 PM Chris Zach <c...@alembic.crystel.com> wrote:
> > DigiBarn has a few pictures of a PERQ 1 and a T2: > > > > http://www.digibarn.com/collections/systems/perqt2/index.html > > Yep, the 1 is out, and one of the other two is a T2 like the picture. > > > There's the rarer PERQ 2, which I have a picture of here: > > Hm. The other one does not look like that, it is similar in shape to the > T2 but it's a different shape and says ICL on the front. I grabbed both > of the front panels because they were accessible, will post pics in a bit. > Something like this, then? http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/17020/ICL-PERQ-2-T1-Workstation/ A bit more uncommon over here, I think... > > If you pull the side, front, and rear panels off (be careful there -- > > the drives are mounted to the rear, and there are cables to deal with), > > and pull the boards, it should be significantly lighter. > > Ok. Next time I go over I'll see if I can at least uncover one. Maybe I > can stack the Sun gear where the Perq1 was. > > > Sounds like the newer-style portrait monitor for the PERQ 2 to me. > > Yeah, it reminded me of that 66 line terminal people had in the early > 80's. It was up and down, not side to side, were the other monitors > landscape only? > The PERQ 1 was originally portrait, there were landscape options later on, which became more prevalent with the T1 and T2 models. > > And a big DB style plug to go into the computer. > > > It varies. See the Digibarn T2 pictures for one example; the > > Summagraphics Bit Pad One was another common option -- big white tablet > > about 15" square with a 4-button wired puck. GPIB interface. There was > > also the Kriz tablet which was smaller and had three buttons. > > Ok, there are a lot of junk sun keyboards and mice in there and it's a > mess with all the general crud. What does the plug going to the Perq > look like? Are they optical or mechanical? > Neither. Electromagnetic :). The Bit Pad One has a GPIB cable (which on the T2 and maybe the T1 is a DB15), the Kriz tablet used a DB15 (IIRC). > > > > Looking forward to pictures! > > I'll post some in a bit. Not very good ones, but best we can do. > Cool! - Josh > Chris >