Does anyone know what this is?

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Does anyone know what this is?

I've just been handed this photo and I'm curious as to what it is and who makes/made it.

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That shows alot of similarities to a Philips PC20, but if it is, it's been "rebadged"

 

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Looks like something I would escort to the garbage myself.

 

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JBJennings said:

Looks like something I would escort to the garbage myself.

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I Concur.

 

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I Concur.

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Where's your sense of adventure man?!!

 

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Looks like something we used to hand solder all the boards for "back in the day".

 

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is it still operating? ...

if "old and ugly" were the only criteria to be considered, I'd be on the way to the dumpster myself ...

I'm not much to look at, but fortunately I'm still in good working condition – and faithfully doing my job ...

 

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It looks kind of like a VME system. I can't quite make out the logo in the lower corner, it looks kind of like a +.

 

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I was also going to guess VME, due to the card slots, but other than that...........

I would love to know if it still works.

 

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Definitely German.
"E160" input cards (EINGANG)
"A160" output cards (AUSGANG)

 

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Siemens PLC016.


Correction..Biovator PLC016

 

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what about a console to go with it?

 

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Lol, I agree with the dumpster idea...

The little logo in the bottom corner has something I can't make out and then 'Switzerland'

I don't know if that's any help (So the A and E would actually be Swiss Deutsch... Maybe ).

Anyway, I'm off to see it on Friday with plans of convincing the owner to ceremoniously dump it (but it would be nice to suck the code out first although not essential).

 

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God love you dude. Hate that!!!

 

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PLCRookie said:

I was also going to guess VME, due to the card slots, but other than that...........

I would love to know if it still works.

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Apparently it does still work, just not the way the owner wants it to.

From what I can find out, if it's the Biovator PLC016 it's over 30 years old That's pretty impressive for a PLC (especially considering the atmosphere it's in).