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655999 2008-04-04 07:05:00 Just out of curiosity, does anyone know what its original specs where ? Joe Blogs (35)
656000 2008-04-04 07:09:00 Not sure about specs but here is an article dated today about it being decomissioned
computerworld.co.nz
vitalstatistix (9182)
656001 2008-04-04 07:16:00 Not sure about specs but here is an article dated today about it being decomissioned
computerworld.co.nz like its a 3 years old article to me :rolleyes:
Joe Blogs (35)
656002 2008-04-04 07:20:00 It looks like it was a Sperry Mainframe

Well, when you logged into it, it wasnt colour originally. It was just a terminal and a monitor / printer

And every court and probation office / and probably police station had one / or a few of them.

But before it went defunct, it was used on modern pcs, and you used to access it with a script. From within windows.

I think it was moved up to Mt Wellington.

It was later changed to L.E.S (Law enforcement system).

I was one of its users / operators from 1990 till it was decomissioned
Speedy Gonzales (78)
656003 2008-04-04 07:28:00 Cheers Speedy,
Do you know what its total storage was and its ram size. Just trying get some comparison with your average home computer today.
I couldn't find sweet all about it with google.
Joe Blogs (35)
656004 2008-04-04 07:32:00 Umm nope wouldnt have a clue, since it wasnt based in any office.

Besides where it was situated in Mt Wellington. Noone who was an operator actually saw what it looked like.

Or how big it was / or its capacity

It probably ran on tape not hdd

But I know it stored a hell of a lot of information on it
Speedy Gonzales (78)
656005 2008-04-04 07:37:00 my mother used it for a long time with the police i think it was manufactured by hp, go to the nz police museum site to see if theres anything there VISTA PRO (13532)
656006 2008-04-04 07:45:00 You could compare a current PC to the original IBM PC:
inventors.about.com
jwil1 (65)
656007 2008-04-04 07:47:00 Looks like its a 3 years old article to me :rolleyes:

Sorry it is. You're right. I read the 2005 as 2008. Duh!:(
vitalstatistix (9182)
656008 2008-04-04 07:57:00 Sorry it is. You're right. I read the 2005 as 2008. Duh!:(Well I thought Friday night blues mighta had something to do with it. :D Joe Blogs (35)
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