Burroughs B80 rescued

[M H Stein]

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Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2007 05:35:33 -0700 (PDT)
From: Mr Ian Primus <ian_primus at yahoo.com>
Subject: Burroughs B80 rescued


Well, I drove up to Canada yesterday and picked up the
Burroughs B80. 

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I was more concerned with moving the computer than
inspecting it, but I don't recall seeing any kind of
standard looking interface ports. I believe that the
B80 can support extra terminals, but I don't see it.
Hopefully, when I get it going, I can connect
something external to it and back up the disk packs. I
have 11 packs, at least one of which is the operating
system, MCP. 

-------------Reply:

Not necessarily; as I recall, things like terminals, line printers,
PPT I/O, Datacomm etc. and their interface/controller hardware 
were all options. The basic machine (which was probably most
of them) consisted of the main unit with its dual-forms printer and
keyboard and either integrated 8" floppies and/or the external
dual 14" drive cabinet which could be 2 removable carts or
one fixed/one removable; the self-scan display was also an
option, but I don't think there was any I/O as standard equipment
on the base model, which was essentially the disk-based replacement 
for the single-user L series ledger-card accounting/posting machines.

mike