[tech] Project "What is this thing?" #1

Felix von Perger frekk at ucc.asn.au
Thu May 10 20:46:14 AWST 2018


Dear tech subscribers,

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.

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.

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:

  * What is it? Does it have a name?
  * What vintage is it, when was it made and when was it donated?
  * Who was involved in using, breaking, fixing or building it?
  * What was it used for? What can it do? What is its story?
  * If essential parts are missing from the photos, where might they be?
    What did they do and what do they look like?
  * Does it still work? How do you use it? Is there any existing
    documentation?
  * Is it worth keeping? Why does the club need it? Would anyone want it
    if the club is going to throw it out?

The information gathered from this project will be made available on the 
wiki page <http://wiki.ucc.asn.au/ProjectWhatIsThat>. 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.

Thank you for your contributions and I hope that this project will be 
informative and entertaining for everyone involved.

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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.

Photo of the backplane

Photo of the front (no faceplate was present)

Photo of the whole box, looking at it from the back.

And finally, a photo showing the guts.

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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 frekk at ucc.asn.au.

Kind regards,

Felix von Perger
UCC Secretary 2018


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