the highlight of upcoming repair workshops may be a cage match between Dromgoole, Loewen, and Primus,
Need to get Evan a striped shirt and a whistle. -----Original Message----- From: Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2017 12:25 AM To: vcf-midatlantic Cc: Evan Koblentz Subject: [vcf-midatlantic] Museum power / Running bigger machines There have been a few posts about our recent/ongoing museum power update. Here is the latest exciting information. - Last week, a local electrician installed a 30A circuit and 3-phase outlet. Before anyone asks, yes, there was a permit from the town. - We ordered a 50-ft. extension cord designed for that outlet and suitable power level. (Yikes those are expensive! But totally worthwhile.) - We ordered a motor-generator that can run the whole Univac. It'll be here in a few days. Big special thanks to the System Source Computer Museum for donating the funds to purchase this. They will borrow it on occasion to test/power their own big iron. - Bill Drom. built a wooden cart with casters specifically for the motor-generator. - The new circuit/outlet enables us to operate ONE minicomputer or mainframe at a time. As such, the highlight of upcoming repair workshops may be a cage match between Dromgoole, Loewen, and Primus, as they battle to power the Univac, HP-1000 system, and Prime 6550. :) X-factors: DEC VAX 785, Cray, Data General Nova, Commodore 128 (just kidding). ________________________________ Evan Koblentz, director Vintage Computer Federation a 501(c)(3) educational non-profit evan@vcfed.org (646) 546-9999 www.vcfed.org facebook.com/vcfederation twitter.com/vcfederation instagram.com/vcfederation