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I got one of these from a group member in the SF Bay Area years ago.? It needed a little cleaning, but worked perfectly.? However, the last time I powered it up, I noticed it wasn't behaving normally. Still haven't gotten around to pulling it out of its' rack.? Too many pressing projects.? I wasn't aware that they had an available keyboard. -Dave
On Thursday, January 4, 2024 at 02:25:19 PM PST, Cubdriver <pbmanning@...> wrote:
David, I found one at Apex Electronics (a surplus place in California) some years ago, and eventually found a manual as well. ?I've yet to attack it, though, and have also spent years on the lookout for a spare without success. ?They were big bucks back in the day (list was ~$6500 in the early 70s, and $8300 for the counter alone in '76; add another $1200 if you want the time interval plug in too), and weigh a LOT - IIRC it was in the neighborhood of 50 lbs/23 kg - strangely, none of the catalogs list the weight and dimensions - its page in the several that I looked at ('72, '72. '75 & '76) was very abbreviated, like it was a rough draft that they never bothered to complete - no really clear list of specifications at all, but instead a note saying for the detailed specs contact them for the system data sheet, available on request. ?Strange... I'd bet they didn't sell too many of them at nearly 2x the price of the 5245L/5345A. ?I suspect that they're about as common as hen's teeth at this point! ?Lots of DIPs in them! ?(And a wire-wrapped backplane, to lever off of one of our recent discuttions here on the mailing list.) ?Pics of mine here: -Pat
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