What is this? Post Photos of Mystery Items Here (vintage computers only)

[Bsith73]

Bell must have been a reseller as the interior has CDC written on it

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Well spotted.

 

[Gary C]

and this one



is an ICL DRS20 i think

https://coimages.sciencemuseumgroup...0185_020_051025_cs1_2002_3_8_icl_computer.jpg

 

[Bsith73]

and this one

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is an ICL DRS20 i think

https://coimages.sciencemuseumgroup...0185_020_051025_cs1_2002_3_8_icl_computer.jpg

It is indeed one of the machines within the ICL DRS20 series although the one in the link has the drives missing so it must be model 40, according to the pdf that stepleton linked before.

antiquekid3's and stepleton's last posts led to the right model (120 or 125).

 

[Gary C]

Looks like a match

Incoterm SPD 10/20​

File:Incoterm SPD 10-20 1970.png - Wikimedia Commons

commons.wikimedia.org

 

[Bsith73]

Looks like a match

Incoterm SPD 10/20​

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File:Incoterm SPD 10-20 1970.png - Wikimedia Commons

commons.wikimedia.org

I'm speechless.
Hats off.

Here it is in sparkling technicolor:

 

[clueless_engineer (Brett)]

I'm trying to document the PC/4000 and PC/5000 handheld computers made by Micro Palm Computers in the late 80s. These are computers with 80C88 running MS-DOS (ROM) 2.25.

I have a YouTube playlist of videos covering them here.

They have a pair of VLSI type chips that I assume cram a lot of functionality into them but I've not been able to identify exactly what they are.

The company is "PPS, Inc." which I've not been able to find, and were manufactured in Hong Kong.

I'm assuming the actual part ID is "L1A2710" and the "customisation" ID is GA00001.

The chip measures 24mm square with 17 pins per side, 68 pins in total.

The second chip is larger (29mm square), has 21 pins per side (84 pins in total), has "L1A2711" as a possible part ID and GA00002 as the customisation ID.

Oh ... and if anyone can provide ANY information about Micro Palm Computers or their computers, that would also be a massive help!

Thanks!

 

[GearTechWolf]

Anything here worth the price? (too steep for me regardless, though if money wasn't an issue I'd love to see what might be on all the roms)
https://www.ebay.com/itm/164011900918 And images for prosperity.

This one is cheap enough I think I'll grab it and dump them- https://www.ebay.com/itm/146615572972
Besides, always good to have plenty of EPROMs!

 

[Gary C]

I'm speechless.
Hats off.

Cant find the last one though.

 

[eswan]

Gotta love the ashtrays on each desk.

 

[Bsith73]

Cant find the last one though.

Thanks anyway! We'll see if somebody else does.

 

[Bsith73]

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Gotta love the ashtrays on each desk.

I bet none of this equipment has survived; but if so, we'd be able to verify that those monitors were potential victims of an accelerated yellowing...

 

[Zare]

Gotta love the ashtrays on each desk.

Easily recognizable as fake e.g. movie setup. No chance in hell ashtrays full of butts on a pristine clean table. There would be ash all over the place. And the walls don't have brown smoke 'gradient' on them

 

[Bsith73]

Easily recognizable as fake e.g. movie setup. No chance in hell ashtrays full of butts on a pristine clean table. There would be ash all over the place. And the walls don't have brown smoke 'gradient' on them

Funnily enough, I've just learnt that they appear in the very same location in a 1977 Italian movie ('La ragazza dal pigiama giallo').



So should we think those terminals (and the tape unit shown in the previous pic) were definetely some ad hoc furniture or real machines instead?

 

[Bsith73]

The following ones are pictures that were taken in the old CCUPB (Calculus Center at the Universitat Politècnica de Barcelona - UPB University, Spain). They're from 1978.
I'm not familiarized with mainframe machines, so I can't tell if the pictures are related to a single computer (like the IBM System/3). Here they are:

1. From above




2 and 3, a closer look here and there






4. ?




5. Main room, but does this have anything to do with the previous ones?

 

[Gary C]

So should we think those terminals (and the tape unit shown in the previous pic) were definetely some ad hoc furniture or real machines instead?

Its very possible they were a work station for a single person to monitor some process. The screens at work aren't much further apart though we use a single keyboard to control groups of four.

 

[Bsith73]

Hi there,

Here's a handful of new pictures with machines I cannot identify. The screenshots are taken from some Spanish and Italian films. Again any help will be much appreciated.

1. 'Las chicas' (1982)
The Philips brand is clearly visible at the top right corner of the keyboard. But I'm very hesitant about the code/model at the left.






2. 'Los gusanos no llevan bufanda' (1989)
I'm also curious about the shooter game.




3. 'Deprisa, deprisa' (1980)
This machine is shown during a robbery in a bank. Unfortunately, it is only visible behind a glass.




4. 'Policia' (1987)




5. 'Todo por la pasta' (1991)

 

[NeXT]

Hi there,

Here's a handful of new pictures with machines I cannot identify. The screenshots are taken from some Spanish and Italian films. Again any help will be much appreciated.

1. 'Las chicas' (1982)
The Philips brand is clearly visible at the top right corner of the keyboard. But I'm very hesitant about the code/model at the left.

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That is 100% Four-Phase Systems terminals and keyboards. Philips had the distribution contract in most of Europe and as such sold systems under their name and badging.

 

[Bsith73]

That is 100% Four-Phase Systems terminals and keyboards. Philips had the distribution contract in most of Europe and as such sold systems under their name and badging.

True, that's great! After a quick search I have found this brochure (page 7) which definetely confirms it. Many thanks!!

 

[GearTechWolf]

Not going to flood the thread with images, but all of the circuit-boards from this seller are mostly unidentified: Mr Cleanout LLC Ebay store - Computers/etc
Any S100 boards there? Rarer stuff? If the prices were lower I'd enjoy seeing what code hides on some of those many EPROMs...

 

[ClassicHasClass]

Seen in the San Francisco Chronicle's obituary section (article https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/lynn-ludlow-journalist-newspaper-20803527.php , may be paywalled).



Having trouble figuring out what the computer he's typing on is. The keyboard seems distinctive. Any guesses?