[tech] Project "What is this thing?" #1
James Cox
james at cox.cx
Thu May 10 21:00:44 AWST 2018
That’s a BeBox!
Dual PPC 604e.
I think we used to have two?
Hopefully the other one still has its front panel?
[RME]~Coxy
On 10 May 2018 at 20:46, Felix von Perger <frekk at ucc.asn.au> wrote:
> Dear tech subscribers,
>
> As many of you know, there are a lot of old-looking computery things
> stored around the clubroom, and newer members (such as myself) often don't
> have any idea what they are or why they are there.
>
> So that's why I've decided to start a project to document (on the wiki)
> all of the miscellaneous computery things that the club owns.
>
> I'll be sending out emails on a fairly regular basis, each with photos of
> an item found on shelves or under desks. If you recognise the object in
> question, or if you know anything about its history, then please reply to
> this email and contribute to the project by answering any of the following
> questions:
>
> - What is it? Does it have a name?
> - What vintage is it, when was it made and when was it donated?
> - Who was involved in using, breaking, fixing or building it?
> - What was it used for? What can it do? What is its story?
> - If essential parts are missing from the photos, where might they be?
> What did they do and what do they look like?
> - Does it still work? How do you use it? Is there any existing
> documentation?
> - Is it worth keeping? Why does the club need it? Would anyone want it
> if the club is going to throw it out?
>
> The information gathered from this project will be made available on the wiki
> page <http://wiki.ucc.asn.au/ProjectWhatIsThat>. As more items are
> documented, I will make a new wiki page for each item and add a link to it
> on the main project page.
>
> Thank you for your contributions and I hope that this project will be
> informative and entertaining for everyone involved.
> ------------------------------
>
> The first item I looked at was the computer with a blue case retrieved
> from the top shelf behind the door.
>
> Photo of the backplane
>
> Photo of the front (no faceplate was present)
>
> Photo of the whole box, looking at it from the back.
>
> And finally, a photo showing the guts.
>
> ------------------------------
>
> If you know anything about this and can answer any of the questions listed
> above relating to the thing in the photos, please don't hesitate to reply
> to this email or send me the details at frekk at ucc.asn.au.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Felix von Perger
> UCC Secretary 2018
>
>
>
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