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Originally Posted by DNSB
Lubrication instructions for a Teletype model 33. Remove the 4 marked parts and lower it into a barrel of oil for 5 minutes. Remove, let drain for 5 minutes, install removed parts and put back into service.
The first minicomputers we used where I was working were Data General Nova's and Nova 1200's back when core memory used real cores.
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I worked for Tri-Data right after I got out of the Navy. We had both of those and a HP2116

(It had handles: It took 2 men and a boy,

to move that 240Lb beast), loads of different DEC models. All for R&D and test beds.

to the Oil Bath. But first, you soaked them in a solvent tank (TCE)