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Console Rear — Console Rear

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3600 Keyboard - Bottom Right — 3600 Keyboard - Bottom Right

Close up of Bottom Right keys of the Symbolics 3600 keyboard

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Symbolics keyboard logo

Close-up of the logo from a Symbolics 3600 keyboard, at the top left

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3600 Keyboard - bottom left — 3600 Keyboard - bottom left

Close up of the bottom left of the Symbolics 3600 keys

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Content Published 9 years ago

XL1201 Backplane - Top — XL1201 Backplane - Top

This shows the top part of the XL1201 VMEbus backplane with the various connections.

Gray: SCSI Blue: ESDI? MFM? ST-506? Molex 4-pin drive power

The 2 black and 2 red are the main power supply. The other 4-pin power connector is... I don't know.

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Content Published 9 years ago

FEPfs 28M Blocks — FEPfs 28M Blocks

Showing a 28M block FEPfs installed on a size-limited ST336918N. Size was limited with sg_format --resize --count=28000000

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Content Published 9 years ago

Copy LMFS 4 — Copy LMFS 4

This initial attempt to copy the 1,000,000 block (but 0 length) LMFS failed and needed to be ABORTed. Note the BAND-TRANSFER error.

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Content Published 9 years ago

FEP Formatted 34G Drive — FEP Formatted 34G Drive

Showing the machine configuration with a Seagate ST336918N formatted to its maximum size and with an otherwise empty FEP filesystem created.

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Content Published 9 years ago

Clean Genera FEP Files 3 — Clean Genera FEP Files 3

Here are the FEP files in the tests directory on the clean Genera 8.3 disk from DKS

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Album Published 9 years ago

Symbolics 3600 Keyboard Repair

When purchased, the Symbolics 3600 keyboard had five keys that didn't work reliably. These pictures document the before, after, and repair.

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Content Published 9 years ago

Symbolics console logo - 1

Detail of the Symbolics logo on the Consoleo

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Symbolics console logo - 2

Another detail of the Symbolics logo on the console, with glare from the macro ring flash

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Content Published 9 years ago

XL1201 Backplane SCSI Connector — XL1201 Backplane SCSI Connector

The XL1201 Backplane's SCSI connector has one broken SCSI pin (#1, a ground) and a broken left side. It seems to work adequately due to having many ground pins.

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Content Published 9 years ago

Power Supply Trim Pots — Power Supply Trim Pots

Symbolics Console Model PE36-PCONS: trim pots on the power supply

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Content Published 9 years ago

Console G2 — Console G2

Symbolics Console Model PE36-PCONS Large Adjustment - G2 (Brightness?)

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Console Focus — Console Focus

Symbolics Console Model PE36-PCONS Focus Adjustment

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Vertical Adjustments — Vertical Adjustments

Symbolics Console Model PE36-PCONS Vertical Adjustments

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Console Horizontal Controls — Console Horizontal Controls

Symbolics Console Model PE36-PCONS Horizontal Adjustments

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