ID old computers from Management Graphics?

[DannyKewl]

Hopefully this isn't too OT here, but I couldn't really find a newsgroup to
fit this, and my searching showed a couple similar questions here. I just
moved into a new house, and the former owners left 2 older computers in good
sized tower cabinets. I would like to know if they are of any practical use
and if it would be any benefit to me to check them out or toss/sell them? I
only know PC's/Windows. What OS, and any way/benefit on hooking them up to a
PC?

The name on the computers state "Management Graphics" (Minneapolis, MN
55420), and on the front side is an opening with several circuit boards
inside, as well as what looks like a 5.25 floppy drive, and another
undetermined bay next to it. It has buttons labeled "Restart",
"Halt/Enable", "On" and "Off". On the rear it says Serial: 517 (I think,
hard to make out, may be 514 or 511), Model: TTS/PLUS, it has 4 ports that
resemble parallel printer ports, and say "Terminal", "Tablet", "Modem", and
"Host". Under those ports there are 3 round jacks that say "Red", "Green",
and "Blue" (for a monitor?), and under that 3 similar round jacks, two that
say "Sync Loop" and one that says "Sync Out". The other computer looks
identical except it says Model 518. Also a "UL Listed" sticker on the back
that says "Graphic Workstation 46N0". The units are about 27" high (on
roller wheels), 14" wide, and 20" deep. I have a picture of the front of the
518 at http://www.geocities.com/dannykewl3/ManagementGraphics1.jpg and a
closer in shot of the rear connectors at
http://www.geocities.com/dannykewl3/ManagementGraphics2.jpg

Thanks in advance

 

[DannyKewl]

Hi Bob, I did do a Google search before I posted, but didn't realize what I
had were film recorders, I thought they were just more general computers of
some type, but with an emphasis on graphics, like Amigas and Macs are
supposed to be. I couldn't find anything when my search included the model
number. Any hints on what I could search for, since I can't find the model
numbers in the search? Are these machines worth keeping/selling/trashing?
Any benefit or big expense on hooking them up, as I obviously don't have any
peripherals for these machines. I'll check out EFI also. Thanks again.

 

[Ken Taylor]

Hopefully this isn't too OT here, but I couldn't really find a newsgroup to
fit this, and my searching showed a couple similar questions here. I just
moved into a new house, and the former owners left 2 older computers in good
sized tower cabinets. I would like to know if they are of any practical use
and if it would be any benefit to me to check them out or toss/sell them? I
only know PC's/Windows. What OS, and any way/benefit on hooking them up to a
PC?

The name on the computers state "Management Graphics" (Minneapolis, MN
55420), and on the front side is an opening with several circuit boards
inside, as well as what looks like a 5.25 floppy drive, and another
undetermined bay next to it. It has buttons labeled "Restart",
"Halt/Enable", "On" and "Off". On the rear it says Serial: 517 (I think,
hard to make out, may be 514 or 511), Model: TTS/PLUS, it has 4 ports that
resemble parallel printer ports, and say "Terminal", "Tablet", "Modem", and
"Host". Under those ports there are 3 round jacks that say "Red", "Green",
and "Blue" (for a monitor?), and under that 3 similar round jacks, two that
say "Sync Loop" and one that says "Sync Out". The other computer looks
identical except it says Model 518. Also a "UL Listed" sticker on the back
that says "Graphic Workstation 46N0". The units are about 27" high (on
roller wheels), 14" wide, and 20" deep. I have a picture of the front of the
518 at http://www.geocities.com/dannykewl3/ManagementGraphics1.jpg and a
closer in shot of the rear connectors at
http://www.geocities.com/dannykewl3/ManagementGraphics2.jpg

Thanks in advance

They look and sound a bit like the graphics workstations some of the
Universities used on their weather data systems in the late '80s, early
'90's. Unless you're really keen to do this out of interest, buy a cheap
graphics card for your PC - it'll be more powerful and more useful. These
workstations were networked with peculiar protocols and weren't exactly
friendly.

Ken