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Do you have the courage to save 50% on your next computer? Ad for the Data General Eclipse minicomputer system - 1974.
#vintage computers#data general#portable computers#computers#computing#technology#vintage tech#vintage technology#electronics#vintage electronics#computer science#magnetic tape drives#tape drives#business computers#minicomputers#computer systems#vintage advertising#the 70s#the 1970s
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Closeups of IC's being tested and replaced on the Nova 1200
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Data General Eclipse and terminals.
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Usagi Electric, Forgotten Machines, & Nevets at VCF Southwest 2025
[Usagi Electric], [Forgotten Machines], and [Nevets01] collaborated on a massive exhibit of unique old hardware.
[Usagi Electric] had an interactive exhibit with his recently rebuilt PDP 11/73 running examples of spectroscopy analysis using a Bomem vector processor. [Usagi] also demonstrated a Data General Nova 1210 running BASIC.






[Forgotten Machines] had a variety of old terminals, computers, and peripherals on display. He was on-hand throughout the show to help anyone image and preserve their old magnetic media.








[Nevets] had an interactive exhibit with a Data General Nova 1200 running BASIC alongside a (sadly non-functional) Digital Computer Controls D-116, a clone of the Nova 1200.

#vcfsw2025#vcfsw 2025#vcf southwest#vcf#vcf southwest 2025#vintage computer festival southwest 2025#vintage computer festival southwest#vintage computer festival#vintage computing#data general#digital computer controls#usagi electric#forgotten machines#digital equipment corporation#PDP-11#minicomputer
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Data General Dasher 450 Display Terminal
Source: computerhistory.org | Photo credit: Gwen Bell
#Data General Dasher 450#Data General#retro tech#80s tech#retro computing#CRT#80s#1980s#retro design#retro graphics#retrowave#80s aesthetic#80s nostalgia#old tech#retro aesthetic
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1970's computers - Data General with Dash terminals

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every garfield lover needs their snoopy best friend. it's just the rules, what can i say
#inspired by me and my snoopy loving best friend#i was originally gonna have hello kitty troi in this but i couldnt figure out a good outfit for her </3#star trek the next generation#star trek tng#star trek#star trek fanart#fanart#art#data soong#geordi la forge#daforge#garfield#snoopy
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talking to cats :)
#silly :)#star trek#star trek fanart#data#star trek data#star trek tng#st tng#star trek the next generation#tng#no idea what to tag this honestly#mine
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The best way to keep ahead of the times. Eclipse S/250 computer. Ad for the Data General Eclipse S/250 computer system - 1979.
#vintage computers#data general#portable computers#computers#computing#technology#vintage tech#vintage technology#electronics#vintage electronics#computer science#magnetic tape drives#tape drives#business computers#minicomputers#computer systems#vintage advertising#the 70s#the 1970s
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I found the culprit behind the spurious /INTR signal from the Cassette I/O board that's been holding up the Nova 1200 Logic Test from completing successfully.
This 7474 is ancient, and has no pull-up resistor on the /PRESET input (which is fine for the original variants, though not recommended). The Q and /Q outputs (cyan and magenta) should be mirror images of one another, and they are not.

So I replaced it with a new 74LS74 part, which meant I had to add in that /PRESET pull-up resistor:

Testing the old 7474 confirms it's a piece of shit:
I ran the Nova 1200 Logic Test and... it passes. Repeatedly! Address 00121 contains the number of successful passes, which is over 8000!

Okay, let's go for broke: loading up Data General Single User BASIC...
HOLY SHIT IT WORKS!
Only took like 3 years to get it back to an operational state, but there it is, running BASIC again.
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An office worker logs addresses into a Data General computer at a direct-mail company in Boston, Massachusetts - via Mashable
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lets act normal with Data
#my stuff#star trek gifs#star trek tng#star trek next gen#Deanna#Riker#Data#my gifs#sttng#st tng#star trek#the next generation#tng#this is from times arrow btw#Data Soong#Data star trek#Deana Troi#William Riker
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