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1997 RCS/RI
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RCS has received a donation of an IBM System/36 model 5360 CPU and a 650 line per minute band printer. Many thanks to Channel 6 for their generosity.
RCS has just received a donation of a DEC TU10 9-track reel-to-reel tape drive and TM11 tape formatter. Thanks to Warren Smith!
We have received a donation of a DEC VT180 CP/M system from Allison Parent. Thanks!
RCS is now hosting the OSFN help desk phone line / answering machine and the OSFN file cabinets at our facility.
Thanks to the folks from the RI Computer Museum for their donation of NCR and AT&T micros, plus a fax machine and a cordless phone.
RCS/RI is pleased to announce its latest acquisition, an Intergraph Corporation VAX 8550 (OEMed from Digital Equipment Corporation) computer graphics controller system. The system is in excellent condition, and it's our intention to see this magnificent machine working again in the future.
We wish to thank Stone & Webster for this gracious donation.
There will be an open-house at the RCS facility in Providence, RI on the third Saturday of each month from 2:30 - 4:30. All are welcome. Call (401) 861-1977 or write for more information or directions. The facility is located at:
25 Eagle Street Building 5 Suite 206
Providence, Rhode Island.
We've been busy little beavers during the past month. There are several new donations in residence with us, and progress is coming along on the restoration of a LINC-8 from the U. of Rochester expedition.
Due to the good graces of ANS (the networking arm of AOL), we now have a pair of RS/6000 Powerserver 930s which were, until recently, part of their main-line backbone routing infrastructure. Many thanks to ANS!
One of the members recently got back from an expedition to Iowa where an Interdata Model 4 and a PDP-8/I were acquired. These machines are in restorable condition and will, with luck, be running soon.
Things are still rather busy and we have not had time to report the news here on the web site, but here is a sampling: