Let's play name that computer
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I believe it is a mini mainframe from honeywell, but I simply cannot find any more info on it at all. Only thing I can find on Google is a pinterest post that references an ebay listing for the same machine, but that listing is either older than 90 days or has been removed. Either way it's a dead end.
So does anyone here have any idea about it??
EDIT: This machine is old, 1990 at latest, but probably much older, from the era of the mainframe.
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Open it up, what does the processor say? Those are CD drives so unlikely a mini computer and no way it is anything like a mainframe. It's got to be a micro of some sort. But what sort?
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CD Drives? The two parts with LEDs on them? No, those are actually hard drives on their side (notice the lack of eject buttons?). I'd guess it pre-dates CD-ROM drives, probably early 80s, possibly much older.
I would love to open it up and look all around the inside, however the dam thing is 3 hours north of me at the moment, so not able to do that until I move the remaining stuff down here.
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No model number of any sort? What does the back look like?
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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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I would think maybe some type of video recorder.
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It is certainly a hard one to track down.
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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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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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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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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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@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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And now we wait...
https://twitter.com/JediMasterOdd/status/859623806016659461 -
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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@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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@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.
