Does anyone know what this is?

[mby70]

I found it in my loft, guessing it's at least 20 years old.

 

[pearce_jj]

Part of something out of James Bond, it seems:

http://www.onemickjones.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=14977

 

[pontus]

Looks like an advanced PDU. A peek inside might reveal more.

 

[NeXT]

The company closed in 1989, I turned the lights out.

Oh man. I see nobody was sad to see that place close.

 

[mby70]

Looks like an advanced PDU. A peek inside might reveal more.

Cheers..

 

[Chuck(G)]

PDU is exactly right, from the photo--a glorified power strip...

 

[mby70]

PDU is exactly right, from the photo--a glorified power strip...

Would there be any benefits to using it instead of a power strip, or would the sensible thing be to just sling it??

 

[Chuck(G)]

Well, it does have a couple of relays and a small control transformer in it (all seem to be connected to that D-sub labeled "pod", but I don't see the unit as having any intrinsic collectable value. If you don't have the control "pod", it's pretty much useless.

 

[pontus]

DEC PDUs have a connector for daisy chaining several PDUs so that you could turn on several cabinets with one button. I'm guessing the "POD" connector here does the same.

Keep or toss? Well, someone who has a systime system would probably want this.. for anyone else it is just rather bulky and useless.

 

[rorypoole]

I found it in my loft, guessing it's at least 20 years old.

I could use it