Re: ID old computers from Management Graphics?

From: Bob Stephens (stephensyomamadigital_at_earthlink.net)
Date: 08/13/04 

Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2004 13:48:15 GMT

On Fri, 13 Aug 2004 03:10:53 -0400, DannyKewl wrote:

> 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
>
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Google on "mangement graphics" for about 20K hits. They made digital film
recorders and were acquired by EFI "electronics for imaging" in 1999, who
are still in business.

Bob 

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