[Milsurplus] Re: Weirdstuff Warehouse

[J. Forster]

I think I can beat that.  :=))  I have the DG compatible Rolm 1602 system that
was used by Raytheon in their unsuccessful effort to win the AMRAAM Missile
contract. It's complete with the original 9 Track Mag. Tape and hardened disk. I
long ago took the RF hardware apart though. The radar Tx used a TWTA sitting in
a tub of Freon. Neat stuff.

-John


John Lawson wrote:

> On Sun, 12 Sep 2004, J. Forster wrote:
>
> > Ugly machines. Try PDP-8s and DG Novas  :=))
>    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
>    HEEEYYY! Watch it!  I happen to think my PDP-11/44 system is rather
> handsome - all three racks of it!  ;}
>
>   And several of the components of my VAXStation 3100s (expansion drives,
> TK70s, SCSI RX51, and one spare System Unit) came from WierdStuff...
>
>   On-Topicness: at one time I owned a genuine "boatanchor" computer, a
> Bendix G-15 - it had several hundred 12AX7s and thousands of germanium
> diodes - and a rotating drum memory of more than 3K !!!!! And yes, it
> worked...
>
>    If any readers are interested in Legacy Computing, from the Eniac thru
> machines that are ten years old or older - try the Classic Computer
> Collector's list:  www.classiccmp.org; the Listserv is
> cctalk at classiccmp.org   We'll even let you talk about that DG stuff!
>
>   Cheers
>
> John  KB6SCO