brian.russell
2004-10-08 19:02:41 UTC
I have two PERQs for disposal, a PERQ-1 and a PERQ-2. Do you want them, or
do you know anybody who might want them? They are available either as
complete machines or as spares for other machines. Free to a good home -
though any consideration, in the form of a donation to the Computer
Conservation Society, will not be refused (there are precedents in the other
four PERQs which I managed to rescue and pass on to good homes).
I am officially chairman of the Mil-DAP (Military version, Distributed Array
Processor) Resurrection Working Party. These two machines were donated to
the CCS to help in the attempt to resurrect the Mil-DAP. We have succeeded
in bringing together the complete set of hardware for the Mil-DAP itself and
its PERQ-2 host computer. The DAP and host PERQ are about to be handed over
to The Science Museum, South Kensington, London. The equipment will be
transported to the Science Museum outstation at Wroughton next week.
The Science Museum does not want our two remaining PERQs, as they are not
actually a part of the Mil-DAP itself. The PERQ-1 is thought to contain some
DAP-specific software, which we intend to copy off onto floppy discs. Copies
will then be sent to the Science Museum. After that, we have no further use
for the PERQs and we will have to dispose of the machines. I would be
unhappy (euphemism!) to see them chucked in the bin.
Any takers?
Brian M. Russell.
***@breathe.com
do you know anybody who might want them? They are available either as
complete machines or as spares for other machines. Free to a good home -
though any consideration, in the form of a donation to the Computer
Conservation Society, will not be refused (there are precedents in the other
four PERQs which I managed to rescue and pass on to good homes).
I am officially chairman of the Mil-DAP (Military version, Distributed Array
Processor) Resurrection Working Party. These two machines were donated to
the CCS to help in the attempt to resurrect the Mil-DAP. We have succeeded
in bringing together the complete set of hardware for the Mil-DAP itself and
its PERQ-2 host computer. The DAP and host PERQ are about to be handed over
to The Science Museum, South Kensington, London. The equipment will be
transported to the Science Museum outstation at Wroughton next week.
The Science Museum does not want our two remaining PERQs, as they are not
actually a part of the Mil-DAP itself. The PERQ-1 is thought to contain some
DAP-specific software, which we intend to copy off onto floppy discs. Copies
will then be sent to the Science Museum. After that, we have no further use
for the PERQs and we will have to dispose of the machines. I would be
unhappy (euphemism!) to see them chucked in the bin.
Any takers?
Brian M. Russell.
***@breathe.com