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<p>Dear tech subscribers,</p>
<p>As many of you know, there are a lot of old-looking computery
things stored around the clubroom, and newer members (such as
myself) often don't have any idea what they are or why they are
there.<br>
</p>
<p>So that's why I've decided to start a project to document (on the
wiki) all of the miscellaneous computery things that the club
owns.<br>
</p>
<p>I'll be sending out emails on a fairly regular basis, each with
photos of an item found on shelves or under desks. If you
recognise the object in question, or if you know anything about
its history, then please reply to this email and contribute to the
project by answering any of the following questions:</p>
<ul>
<li>What is it? Does it have a name?<br>
</li>
<li>What vintage is it, when was it made and when was it donated?</li>
<li>Who was involved in using, breaking, fixing or building it? </li>
<li>What was it used for? What can it do? What is its story?<br>
</li>
<li>If essential parts are missing from the photos, where might
they be? What did they do and what do they look like?<br>
</li>
<li>Does it still work? How do you use it? Is there any existing
documentation?</li>
<li>Is it worth keeping? Why does the club need it? Would anyone
want it if the club is going to throw it out?</li>
</ul>
<p>The information gathered from this project will be made available
on the <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://wiki.ucc.asn.au/ProjectWhatIsThat">wiki page</a>.
As more items are documented, I will make a new wiki page for each
item and add a link to it on the main project page.<br>
</p>
<p>Thank you for your contributions and I hope that this project
will be informative and entertaining for everyone involved.<br>
</p>
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The first item I looked at was the computer with a blue case
retrieved from the top shelf behind the door.<br>
<br>
Photo of the backplane<br>
<p><img src="cid:part2.D06CB291.5D0AB19F@ucc.asn.au" alt=""
height="704" width="528"></p>
<p>Photo of the front (no faceplate was present)<br>
</p>
<p><img alt="" src="cid:part3.4E1C43EC.706D6FF3@ucc.asn.au"
height="508" width="678"></p>
<p>Photo of the whole box, looking at it from the back.<br>
</p>
<p><img src="cid:part4.19968DF9.1F551EC3@ucc.asn.au" alt=""
height="527" width="703"></p>
<p>And finally, a photo showing the guts.<br>
</p>
<p><img alt="" src="cid:part5.2FC21961.9D49D36C@ucc.asn.au"
height="491" width="655"></p>
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<p>If you know anything about this and can answer any of the
questions listed above relating to the thing in the photos, please
don't hesitate to reply to this email or send me the details at
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:frekk@ucc.asn.au">frekk@ucc.asn.au</a>.</p>
<p>Kind regards,<br>
</p>
<p>Felix von Perger<br>
UCC Secretary 2018<br>
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