Z time Naval Aviator logbook and Knights Templar medal.

An interesting auction lot showed up today with a Naval Aviator logbook, a set of spats, and a Knights Templar medal.

I'll have to find out the uniform kit for the KT membership, since they may be to that rather than a formal uniform of the Navy.  I've not seen spats officially part of a US uniform, but there is no telling.

Here is the medal, which I think is the KT medal in this article.

Article:
http://gmic.co.uk/topic/4507-knights-templar-medals/

If anyone has any opinions, I don't know if I'll get in notification of a comment, so if you can figure out my email I'm interested in info on the thing.

Ebay sale (while it lasts)

Logbook, Spats, and Medal

Spats and medal

Button side of spats

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Nova 3 Front panel

Ebay purchase of a somewhat abused Nova 3 front panel.

It was harvested for most all of its light bulbs, and took a shot to 4 switches., of which 2 fell off.

The bezel is in good shape.  The selector switch knob is missing.

Here are links to some restoration / repair efforts by others.  Luckily there seem to have been a few.

Video of live one:   https://youtu.be/mjXLGLQJi6Y

foxdata.com restoreation page:  http://www.foxdata.com/blog/tag/nova-312/

This shot here pretty much matches mine:  http://www.foxdata.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/nova_3_console_lamp_driver_dg_113-7748.jpg

This is some sort of chip with Nova 3 in the name of the jpg
http://archive.computerhistory.org/resources/still-image/Data_general/Data_general.Nova_3.102635449.lg.jpg

Eclipse uses same plastic, different sticker.
http://simh.trailing-edge.com/photos/eclipse-s130.jpg

Nova 4 and another Eclipse shared this style plastic
http://www.ithistory.org/sites/default/files/hardware/Nova4.jpg

http://www.ithistory.org/sites/default/files/hardware/EclipseS140.jpg

Our buddies at so much stuff have an STL file for switches:
http://svn.so-much-stuff.com/svn/trunk/3D/DataGeneral/Nova3Handle.stl
http://svn.so-much-stuff.com/svn/trunk/3D/DataGeneral/Nova3Handle.skp
http://svn.so-much-stuff.com/svn/trunk/3D/DataGeneral/Nova3Handle.jpg
   finally all their stl files, etc.
http://so-much-stuff.com/pdp8/cad/3d.php

Component Guide for DG parts referenced below courtesy of Vincent Slyngstad

015-000028-03_DG_Components_Guide_Oct75.pdf

End of panel, holes for selector and power switch.  P/N 002-004544

One of two indicators not removed

IC needs to be ID'ed.  The 7651 is probably the date code.  Need the manufacturer and what a 630 chip is.

The Fox restoration pages seem to have chips with the 3/4 circle log, and nothing wrong.  My board has all 7400 series, some DG components, and the ITT ceramic chips.

DG 040 Dual 4 input nand gate
DG 630 Quaduple 2 input Positive NAND Buffer W/Open Collector outputs.
DG 004 Triple 3 input NAND Gate

Probably roms, need to look ITT 9004-5D

Other remaining bulb

quick shot of panel from right end

Selector switch, and power switch

Adds Envoy portable Terminal

This is essentially a portable Adds 580 terminal.  It does have a builtin accoustic coupler, which probably works with 110 and 300 baud 103 dialup modem protocols.

Since this has been around the LA area for probably 40 years, it is interesting that the filter material on the back isn't powdered.  I will remove and replace it.

Photos from ebay sale ended 5/30/2016

As nice a specimen of this terminal as I've seen.

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Dec Professional PC 380

Interesting PC that DEC made.  Of course they totally bungled the product.  This has the largest scale PDP-11 integrated processor they produced as well, KDJ11.

Volo 2 small PC (damaged)

This is the result of a lithium battery failure in progress.  I'm afraid to open the bags, and am not sure how to dispose of the things.  I fear if they are put into the recycle trail unwatched they will just be a source of detonation.

I trimmed off the leads nearst the batteries as possible, and there is still a small sensor board soldered to the battery terminals I need to figure out how to get off.

Battery has forced the enclosure open.  top is actually thin glass

View of top showing gap and original system enclosure

Top removed showing battery

Circuit board is forced up.  System still works.

More direct view of the bow forced into the circuit

The battery is like two balloons blown up.

This is the nomenclature on the battery

lengthwise view of the bulged battery