Luckily all the pieces of plastic that were broken during shipping I found inside the case. So I've super glued them back together. Next is cleaning the front fascia and retrobrighting. Now where did I put my hydrogen peroxide??
The weird thing about Digital for me was that I never owned one of their systems, but I live within about an hour's drive of where they were designed. One would think that I would have some experience with them. I had a TI-99, which would have been from Texas. I've had Apple computers (CA). But I didn't have anything from the area where I live. I even own a server that might have been designed in the IBM Poughkeepsie, NY location, which I've driven by.
I have a soft spot for DEC after having this machine but also reading about the StrongARM CPUs as well as the Alpha CPUs. I have a particular interest in different architectures and DEC had hardware (that I could never afford) that would scratch that itch. I’d have loved to have seen their offices.
Congrats!
Really looking forward to seeing what you do with this!
Woo hoo, it arrived! I look forward to seeing it cleaned up and running 😃
Luckily all the pieces of plastic that were broken during shipping I found inside the case. So I've super glued them back together. Next is cleaning the front fascia and retrobrighting. Now where did I put my hydrogen peroxide??
That is lucky! I wondered what you used for getting rid of the yellowing, hydrogen peroxide makes sense!
It reminds me of the some of the DEC Intel & Alpha servers I used to work on - albeit a bit smaller!
The weird thing about Digital for me was that I never owned one of their systems, but I live within about an hour's drive of where they were designed. One would think that I would have some experience with them. I had a TI-99, which would have been from Texas. I've had Apple computers (CA). But I didn't have anything from the area where I live. I even own a server that might have been designed in the IBM Poughkeepsie, NY location, which I've driven by.
I have a soft spot for DEC after having this machine but also reading about the StrongARM CPUs as well as the Alpha CPUs. I have a particular interest in different architectures and DEC had hardware (that I could never afford) that would scratch that itch. I’d have loved to have seen their offices.
It needs cleaning 👀
Trust me, it'll be cleaned within an INCH of it's life :D
Video to prove it, please :)@@RichsRandomRetroReviews
4.59 before see it useless
Sorry you felt that way but I had to explain the back story first.