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    • jrcJ
      jrc @scottalanmiller
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      @scottalanmiller

      I am kicking myself for not photoing it more than I did, especially the back. Though I do not recall any markings on the back.

      Honeywell did not make too many large machines as near as I can tell, so I am really hoping that some of the old timers on here might recognize it.

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      • NerdyDadN
        NerdyDad
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        I would think maybe some type of video recorder.

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        • scottalanmillerS
          scottalanmiller
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          It is certainly a hard one to track down.

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          • Mike DavisM
            Mike Davis
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            Where was that taken? I mean there are stacks of computers with 5 1/4" drives next to it.

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            • jrcJ
              jrc @Mike Davis
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              @Mike-Davis

              It was in an abandoned storage locker I bought. Everything in there was mid-90s and earlier. So that is why I am saying this thing has to be early 80s or older.

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              • nadnerBN
                nadnerB
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                While searching for answers to the OP, I found some epic necroposting (happening a lot around here lately) : https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/alt.sys.pdp8/BV_KBpHXKcI

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                • ObsolesceO
                  Obsolesce
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                  Well weren't 3.5" floppy drives more mainstream going towards the mid 90's? I'd say 1990+ for sure. Of course, if it was one of the early 3.5" floppy drives, late 80's at least.

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                  • jrcJ
                    jrc @Obsolesce
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                    @Tim_G

                    The machines you see in the picture are mostly 286 and 386 machines, so 1987 - 1991 or so. That said, 5.25' drives were still used in computers well into the early 90s.

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                    • nadnerBN
                      nadnerB
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                      And now we wait...
                      https://twitter.com/JediMasterOdd/status/859623806016659461

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                      • ObsolesceO
                        Obsolesce
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                        Well I can't find anything like it here: http://www.old-computers.com/MUSEUM/

                        So it must be pre-1950.

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                        • scottalanmillerS
                          scottalanmiller @Obsolesce
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                          @Tim_G said in Let's play name that computer:

                          Well I can't find anything like it here: http://www.old-computers.com/MUSEUM/

                          So it must be pre-1950.

                          LOL.

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                          • scottalanmillerS
                            scottalanmiller @jrc
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                            @jrc said in Let's play name that computer:

                            @Tim_G

                            The machines you see in the picture are mostly 286 and 386 machines, so 1987 - 1991 or so. That said, 5.25' drives were still used in computers well into the early 90s.

                            Yes, I'm guessing VERY late 80s or early 90s from the looks of it. Not that that means much, but the style and materials feel like that era.

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