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.
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!
Congrats!
It reminds me of the some of the DEC Intel & Alpha servers I used to work on - albeit a bit smaller!
Really looking forward to seeing what you do with this!
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.