[Info-vax] Request information on custom Systime keyboard and front panel

[maurizio.banavage at gmail.com]

On Wednesday, 15 January 2014 22:45:33 UTC+1, Paul Sture  wrote:
> Simon Clubley wrote:
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> > On 2014-01-12, Paul Sture <nospam at sture.ch> wrote:
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> >> Simon Clubley wrote:
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> >>> Ok, now that is interesting, thank you. (Back in 1979, I was on the verge
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> >>> of entering secondary school so this was all a bit before my time. :-))
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> >>> It will be interesting to see what other related bits the curator may
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> >>> have in storage. I will post any information if I get a response.
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> >> Yes please.  As some wit once pointed out, "Nostalgia is always on topic
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> >> in comp.os.vms" :-)
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> > I have now had the following response:
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> > |Many thanks for your enquiry regarding the Systime collection. In
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> > |storage we have an additional System1000 rack with 2 disc drives. We
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> > |also have 5 early Syscope monitors and one later TV-style Syscope
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> > |monitor. There is an additional Data Recording Series 30 Disc Drive
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> > |and 5 Systime keyboards.
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> > |We also have a large Solatron valve computer.
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> > I've found a picture of a Solatron valve computer, but I have not had
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> > any luck with the Syscope reference and the only Series 30 Disc Drive
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> > reference/manual I could find is about one made by Diablo Systems, Inc.
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> > Does anyone here have more information about them ?
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> The name Solatron sounds like it should have appeared in a sci-fi film
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> :-)
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> I found a couple of photos of a Syscope but you need to register and
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> login to see attachments on the site.  It's on "Vintage Computer
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> Forums", so I personally thought it worth the effort.
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> See the second post at:
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> <http://www.vintage-computer.com/vcforum/showthread.php?20406-Wanted-mid-70-s-computer-to-appear-in-film-Bank-scene/page2>
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> From thread post #17 further down that page
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> "It's a Systime "Syscope" localish (made in leeds) It's sitting on a
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> really nice Systime 5000 which was basically a pdp-11/34 processor with
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> Systime peripheral cards. My local college upgraded to just such a
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> system in about 1978, so It has fond memories."
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> Finger memory in action:
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> ssh keygen -t rsa
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> ssh: Could not resolve hostname keygen: Name or service not known

Anyone knows where I can find schematics or any hardware information on a systime 5000? I got this system from a local company and wish to restore it but without information cannot do much.

Thanks
Mauro