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Time to test the Data General MV/2000 DC
Posted by Tommie Mademark in Data General Minicomputers, Data General MV/2000 DC, This blog is about old minicomputers on Thursday 3 March, 2011
More MV/2000DC
- Rear of MV/2000DC
- MV/2000DC Main Board with memory and LAN add-on boards
- MV/2000DC
I opened the case and the system boards looked OK but as can be seen, the lower part of the cooling fan assembly casing is rusty why the system most likely has been exposed to either extreme moisture or rain:
I vacuum cleaned the interior and boards to remove any debri and powered on the system. An error message is shown on the screen:
TESTING…
Model # 8938; System Processing Unit (SPU)
AB, FAILED; ERROR 1:11:1
Unfortunately, I do not have any documentation at all for the MV/2000DC. If any of you readers have MV/2000DC documentation, I would really apreciate a copy.
The disk is very quiet. All I can hear is the brake releasing at power up but no disk motor spinning. Removing the Maxtor disk shows some corrosion on the electronics board in the area with the power transistors that drives the stepper motor. I brushed the loose corrosion away with a small, soft bristled brass brush and cleaned the board with isopropyl alcohol. After drying I put the disk back in the MV/2000DC chassies and powered up. Volai! The disk started spinning and the Maxtor produced it’s “beep” to signal it was ready.
The error is still present; AB, FAILED; ERROR 1:11:1. and I’m currently stuck.
Rusty MV/2000DC cooling fan mount
Data General Minicomputer Systems, Parts, Hardware, Software, Documentation & Schematics wanted!
Posted by Tommie Mademark in Data General Eclipse S/280, Data General Minicomputers, Data General MV/2000 DC, Data General Nova 3, The Desktop Generation Model 30 Restoration Project, This blog is about old minicomputers on Tuesday 1 February, 2011
If you have a complete Data General system, hardware, parts, software or documentation that you are willing to donate I am very interested in hearing from you. You can contact me at tommie A T foxdata D O T com:
- The Data General Nova series:
- microNOVA, Nova 3, Nova 4.
- The Data General Eclipse series:
- microECLIPSE, Eclipse S/130, Eclipse S/230, Eclipse C/330, Eclipse S/140, Eclipse S/280,Eclipse C/380.
- Any Data General MV series:
- ECLIPSE MV/500, ECLIPSE MV/1000, ECLIPSE MV/1400, ECLIPSE MV/2000,
ECLIPSE MV/2500, ECLIPSE MV/3200, ECLIPSE MV/3500, ECLIPSE MV/3600, MV/4000, ECLIPSE MV/5000,
ECLIPSE MV/5500, ECLIPSE MV/5600, ECLIPSE MV/6000, ECLIPSE MV/7800, ECLIPSE MV/8000, ECLIPSE MV/9300, ECLIPSE MV/9500,
ECLIPSE MV/9600, ECLIPSE MV/10000, ECLIPSE MV/15000, ECLIPSE MV/18000, ECLIPSE MV/20000,
ECLIPSE MV/30000, ECLIPSE MV/35000, ECLIPSE MV/40000 or ECLIPSE MV/60000.
- ECLIPSE MV/500, ECLIPSE MV/1000, ECLIPSE MV/1400, ECLIPSE MV/2000,
- Any Data General software you might have:
- AOS, RDOS, DG/UX, MV/UX, AOS, AOS/VS, RDOS, BASIC, FORTRAN 77, CEO, DG/L, DG/LIBRARY, MV/ADEX diagnostic software.
- AOS, RDOS, DG/UX, MV/UX, AOS, AOS/VS, RDOS, BASIC, FORTRAN 77, CEO, DG/L, DG/LIBRARY, MV/ADEX diagnostic software.
- Data General DASHER CRT terminals:
- 6053, D2, D100, D200, D210, D400, D410, D450, D460, D470C
- Data General Dasher TP2 or LP2 printer.
- Data General Disk Drives.
- Data General Tape Drives.
- Any Data General manual you might have.
- Schematics on microfiche.
Actually, I am looking for almost anything Data General except not AViiON (well, that might change). If anyone you know have any Data General let them know I am interested or tell me so that I can contact them.
You can contact me using my email address tommie A T foxdata D O T com
If you worked with a Data General product, please post a comment here on my blog .