[vcf-midatlantic] The TI Mini I rescued

[Dave McGuire]

   Apparently I misunderstood Kelly's post; I thought the machine was 
available for rescue, hence my expression of interest for LSSM.

   These are indeed very interesting and rare machines.  The 
architecture lived on, after a fashion, in the current and wildly 
popular MSP430 microcontroller family.  It differs in several ways but 
is clearly based on the TI990/TMS9900.

              -Dave

On 8/17/22 22:37, Douglas Crawford via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
> Unbelievable. Adam was just showing me this in the warehouse.
> I was was thinking at that moment
> I'd love to see this working, and it would be wonderful
> unique addition to the museum to complement the Data General,
> Wang, and HP.  I was formulating plans in my head to expand
> the mini section.  Personally I find it very interesting
> when microprocessors followed the architecture of a prior
> implementation. Which is something I'm highlighting when
> I can.  So yes please!
> 
> On 8/17/2022 12:22 PM, Kelly Leavitt via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
>> Any interest in getting this old mini running? I'd like to work on it 
>> if there is any interest.
>> I believe it was a TI 990/10 with a CDC fixed disk and a CDC cartridge 
>> disk.
>>
>> Right now, I believe it is still in the warehouse somewhere.
>>
>> Kelly
>>


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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA