Re: pull-out console tables Re: General Automation SPC 16 on eBay
On Sat, Oct 12, 2019 at 5:31 PM Steve Malikoff via cctalk wrote: > >One other interesting thing I recall with the SPC-16 was that it had a < >1RU-high pull-out > table for putting a manual on when toggling. IIRC this is the grey panel/bar > immediately > below the console as shown in the eBay photos. > > It seemed a really great idea but I've not seen any similar programmer > console benches in > other 70s minicomputers, although a 1978 DEC catalog I have shows they had > one available > as part no. A-H950-G for the H960. The line drawing seems to show it folds > down rather than > slides in like the GA one. > I have two 1U tables that came with my pdp11/34. They are the pull out type and do not fold down. I don't know whether they are DEC OEM or third party, though and either is possible as the rack that it came in was not DEC OEM either. I'm not able to look at them right now, as they're in my workshop, while I'm at home but I'll try to remember to examine them when I'm out there next week to see if I can find any part numbers or other markings. -- Robert
Re: General Automation SPC 16 on eBay
Bob, It went for $130 on eBay... Somebody got a very good deal ;) Was it you??? Lyle -- On Sat, 12 Oct 2019 09:28:12 -0700 Bob Rosenbloom via cctalk wrote: > There's a cheap General Automation SPC 16/45 on eBay that someone needs > to get. It's for pickup only > in Royal Oak, MI otherwise I would go for it. Includes a disk drive. > Looks like it needs to be gone in a week. > See: > > https://www.ebay.com/itm/General-Automation-1972-SPH-45-16-Minicomputer-Console/323932770200?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649 > > Bob > -- 73 NM6Y Bickley Consulting West Inc. https://bickleywest.com "Black holes are where God is dividing by zero"
pull-out console tables Re: General Automation SPC 16 on eBay
> There's a cheap General Automation SPC 16/45 on eBay that someone needs > to get. It's for pickup only > in Royal Oak, MI otherwise I would go for it. Includes a disk drive. > Looks like it needs to be gone in a week. > See: > > https://www.ebay.com/itm/General-Automation-1972-SPH-45-16-Minicomputer-Console/323932770200?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649 > > Bob One other interesting thing I recall with the SPC-16 was that it had a < 1RU-high pull-out table for putting a manual on when toggling. IIRC this is the grey panel/bar immediately below the console as shown in the eBay photos. It seemed a really great idea but I've not seen any similar programmer console benches in other 70s minicomputers, although a 1978 DEC catalog I have shows they had one available as part no. A-H950-G for the H960. The line drawing seems to show it folds down rather than slides in like the GA one.
Re: General Automation SPC 16 on eBay
Bob said > There's a cheap General Automation SPC 16/45 on eBay that someone needs > to get. It's for pickup only > in Royal Oak, MI otherwise I would go for it. Includes a disk drive. > Looks like it needs to be gone in a week. > See: > > https://www.ebay.com/itm/General-Automation-1972-SPH-45-16-Minicomputer-Console/323932770200?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649 > > Bob I had an identical GA SPC-16, except mine had two Western Dynex 6000 drives with packs similar in appearance to RL02's (I don't think they were, just looked the same). Also had two card readers and an ASR33 and it had DBOS(?) Disk/Drum OS. The decks of cards had calculations for grains and cereals as it was installed at a breakfast cereal manufacturer. With the help of an old schoolfriend and his dad we lugged the machine down a few flights of narrow stairs in a block of flats (there was no lift), into a trailer for the cross town trip and back to my place (another flat) at the time. It was fairly heavy, although taking the drives out helped a bit. Steve
Re: General Automation SPC 16 on eBay
On 10/12/2019 11:18 AM, dwight via cctalk wrote: Wow, Look at all the drives. It looks like it even has a Diablo hard drive. I don't know what the drives that are below the 5.25 drives are?? Dwight The Compaq system and the switch on top probably have zero to do with the drive. I suspect a half inch drive lived there and was discarded by the University so they could put that equipment in there, then they dumped the whole lot to the current owner. From: cctalk on behalf of Bob Rosenbloom via cctalk Sent: Saturday, October 12, 2019 9:28 AM To: cctalk@classiccmp.org Subject: General Automation SPC 16 on eBay There's a cheap General Automation SPC 16/45 on eBay that someone needs to get. It's for pickup only in Royal Oak, MI otherwise I would go for it. Includes a disk drive. Looks like it needs to be gone in a week. See: https://www.ebay.com/itm/General-Automation-1972-SPH-45-16-Minicomputer-Console/323932770200?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649 Bob -- Vintage computers and electronics www.dvq.com<http://www.dvq.com> www.tekmuseum.com<http://www.tekmuseum.com> www.decmuseum.org<http://www.decmuseum.org>
Re: General Automation SPC 16 on eBay
also looks like it comes with a compaqt to interface it to something? On Sat, Oct 12, 2019 at 1:18 PM dwight via cctalk wrote: > Wow, Look at all the drives. It looks like it even has a Diablo hard drive. > I don't know what the drives that are below the 5.25 drives are?? > Dwight > > > From: cctalk on behalf of Bob Rosenbloom > via cctalk > Sent: Saturday, October 12, 2019 9:28 AM > To: cctalk@classiccmp.org > Subject: General Automation SPC 16 on eBay > > There's a cheap General Automation SPC 16/45 on eBay that someone needs > to get. It's for pickup only > in Royal Oak, MI otherwise I would go for it. Includes a disk drive. > Looks like it needs to be gone in a week. > See: > > > https://www.ebay.com/itm/General-Automation-1972-SPH-45-16-Minicomputer-Console/323932770200?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649 > > Bob > > -- > Vintage computers and electronics > www.dvq.com<http://www.dvq.com> > www.tekmuseum.com<http://www.tekmuseum.com> > www.decmuseum.org<http://www.decmuseum.org> > >
Re: General Automation SPC 16 on eBay
Wow, Look at all the drives. It looks like it even has a Diablo hard drive. I don't know what the drives that are below the 5.25 drives are?? Dwight From: cctalk on behalf of Bob Rosenbloom via cctalk Sent: Saturday, October 12, 2019 9:28 AM To: cctalk@classiccmp.org Subject: General Automation SPC 16 on eBay There's a cheap General Automation SPC 16/45 on eBay that someone needs to get. It's for pickup only in Royal Oak, MI otherwise I would go for it. Includes a disk drive. Looks like it needs to be gone in a week. See: https://www.ebay.com/itm/General-Automation-1972-SPH-45-16-Minicomputer-Console/323932770200?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649 Bob -- Vintage computers and electronics www.dvq.com<http://www.dvq.com> www.tekmuseum.com<http://www.tekmuseum.com> www.decmuseum.org<http://www.decmuseum.org>
General Automation SPC 16 on eBay
There's a cheap General Automation SPC 16/45 on eBay that someone needs to get. It's for pickup only in Royal Oak, MI otherwise I would go for it. Includes a disk drive. Looks like it needs to be gone in a week. See: https://www.ebay.com/itm/General-Automation-1972-SPH-45-16-Minicomputer-Console/323932770200?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649 Bob -- Vintage computers and electronics www.dvq.com www.tekmuseum.com www.decmuseum.org
