Masscomp computers?

[Jon Auringer]

Jules Richardson wrote:

>On Wed, 2004-11-24 at 16:05 -0600, Jon Auringer wrote:
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>>If I am not mistaken, the machines I have are 5400s.
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>Whereabouts do they display the model number? The only thing of any
>significance on ours seemed to be a 'mwb515' on the back; it just says
>Masscomp on the front without any model details.
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That is an excellent question. First, let me say that I was incorrect 
about my machines being 5400s. As I looked at them, it struck me that 
they are actually MC500s. I know this mainly because I have a manual 
somewhere with a picture on the cover. I also noticed that inside one of 
the front panels there was a 1984 date stamped on it. The following time 
line I snatched from the Web would seem to collaborate this. I believe 
that the one Masscomp that I arranged to be donated to the Rhode Island 
Museum was a 5400. I believe that I still have documentation for that 
system. I was planning to spend some time this weekend sorting through 
my Masscomp stuff. If I find anything pertinent, I will let you know.

Jon


	1981 year 	Establishment. Completion of design of first system MC500
	1982 year 	First number machine MC500 shipment
 From electronic product magazine most excellent annual product prize 
conferment
	1983 year 	From Industrial Research and Development council 1r100 
conferment
	1984 year 	Stock in NASDAQ presentation
	1985 year 	Second generation series MC5000 series, total 5 type 9 model 
announcement Japanese Massachusetts * computer corporation establishment
	1985 year 	Superior type MC6000 series of MC5000 series announcement
	1988 year 	In the United States, the concurrent * computer corporation 
and the Massachusetts * computer corporation merger