Posted on 06/21/2019 11:54:40 PM PDT by BenLurkin
I knew that it would eventually pop into My lil pea brain 🧠.
thx, seemed like an odd assortment of components
A far cry from what it is these days.
What seems odd about it ?
the CPU cabinet size for starters, but then again i cut my teeth on PDP and VAX systems that were nowhere near that size and real azzkickers
never saw/used DG systems so was kinda surprised by the size
OK, the cabinet was only half filled: the HDD housing took up the bottom 1/4 vertically and had the fixed and removable Discs, drive motor, cooling fans and Controller Board for the HDD’s.
The Power Distribution and Voltage Control Box was at the rear in between along with more fans. It was no bigger than a shoebox. So plenty of space.
Then the next 1/4 was MT except for a few Flat Data Cables that were probably 100 wires each going up to the actual CPU and more cooling fans.
And then were the Peripheral Control Circuit Panels with slide locks and there were 1 each for the (4) CRT’s, (2) Printers, (1) for the Dual 8” Floppy Drives and (1) for the HDD. Those Circuit Boards were probably 18” x 24” x 1/2” thick each.
There was probably 150’ of assorted Ribbon Cables going between all the Components.
So there was plenty of Cooling Fans and Airspace in the Cabinet.
The remaining MT space was for Hardware upgrades to run up to a Maximum of 4 Stores with the same count of CRT’s, Printers as Store #1 except that it would barely run the 1 Store.
Plus there would have been Modems or Multiplexers for the other 3 Stores.
The last I knew that Monster was replaced by a DG Server that was 2’ x 2’ x 3’ with a 52,000,000TB (just kidding about size) Mirrored HDD and Multiplexers and the Store Count was 8 or 9 plus the Warehouse. And there were 2 remote Master Terminals at Owner Homes to look over everything remotely at anytime.
While they are.. the main way they advance on our dime, is that companies GIVE THEM WILLINGLY their IP..
Want to do business in China? Ok, you have to let us see EVERYTHING... and companies willfully do it....
Yes they are actively hacking, but companies are giving away the store to have access to their markets... its insanity.
interesting
I used to have it but couldn’t be hauling it around in the Mazda 323 Hatchback and have room for Camping Gear, Firearms and Wardrobe. I would have looked like The Clampett’s
Should have sent it to the Smithsonian...
next to a hammer & chisel on a stone tablet
One shelf below the Hammer and Chisel.
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