CommodoreZ
Experienced Member
I finally joined the minicomputer club with a Data General Nova 1200, populated with a CPU board, 4x 8KW core memory boards (for a full 32KW on board), and a CompuScan OEM I/O board.
The guts of the front panel exposed, showing C&K switches and fancy incandescent bulbs.
It's a beautiful machine. I've spent a little time inspecting it, and I'm slowing going through it to clean up the general funk that has built up.
The chassis without the top cover:
A closeup of the CPU board:
So, here's my rough game plan for this machine:
- Cleaning out the general dust and grime
- Inspecting things like wires, capacitors, resistors for damage
- Doing a simple test of the power supply by bringing it up slowly with a variac to reform the caps. No boards or front panel will be installed at that time, just dummy load bulbs on the various power rails. Don't want to blow up anything.
- Repairing a damaged socket on the I/O board
- Power on test of each of the boards (counting the front panel as a board) individually