Wang

Owner: National Center for State Courts
Location: Williamsburg, VA

This Wang served as the database system for the NCSC since 1984. (They also used it for word processing way back then.) The main processor unit measures approximately 2 1/2 feet wide, 2 1/2 feet deep, and 3 feet tall. The disk units are a little smaller, only 2 feet wide. Each unit holds one disk pack, with each disk pack holding 300 megs. So, all together, the four disk units provided a total of 1.2 gigabytes of storage space. The system communicated with the outside world through a monsterous 2400 baud modem. After much toil and effort, the Center's MIS department moved all the databases to a Windows NT server running on a Compaq Proliant. I'm not sure what they're going to do with all the extra space in the server room.

• The Whole Family
• Processor Unit
• Disk Unit
• Disk Pack (300 megs each)
• 2400 baud modem
• What do you do with an old disk pack? You make a clock out of it!
  • Head-on view.
  • From an angle, showing the depth.

This entry is a little far afield for the Museum, but is here as a personal favor to Robert Calleson, the Center's former MIS Director. (He also kept this Web server going, so I could gain personal fame and fortune with my pages. Truly a thankless job. Thanks, Robert! (Of course, now it's my thankless job!))

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