my Data General Nova 4/X, disk woes continue

Joe R. rigdonj at cfl.rr.com
Mon Apr 25 08:23:40 CDT 2005


At 10:07 PM 4/24/05 -0700, you wrote:
>On Sun, 24 Apr 2005, Joe R. wrote:
>
>>  Maybe! There's a pair of Nova 4s in a local scrap yard. One looks
>> complete and the other gutted.  Exactly where is the board located in the
>> unit?  Where are you located?
>
>Take them all!! 

   Why did I know THAT was coming :-)   

   OK  I'll see what I can do. The owner there is funny about this stuff.
If he thinks there's gold anywhere in it, forget it!

   Joe

>There aren't that many Novas around, please yank
>all/any cards from the CPU chassis. They can be ID'd by number.
>
>The disk boards are in the ... disk drive. There are many
>different drives of course. THe R/W board is small and bolted to
>the chassis, to the right of the head assembly.
>
>Removable platter, heads, cards, etc all welcome...
>
>



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