> There's a cheap General Automation SPC 16/45 on eBay that someone needs > to get. It's for pickup only > in Royal Oak, MI otherwise I would go for it. Includes a disk drive. > Looks like it needs to be gone in a week. > See: > > https://www.ebay.com/itm/General-Automation-1972-SPH-45-16-Minicomputer-Console/323932770200?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649 > > Bob
One other interesting thing I recall with the SPC-16 was that it had a < 1RU-high pull-out table for putting a manual on when toggling. IIRC this is the grey panel/bar immediately below the console as shown in the eBay photos. It seemed a really great idea but I've not seen any similar programmer console benches in other 70s minicomputers, although a 1978 DEC catalog I have shows they had one available as part no. A-H950-G for the H960. The line drawing seems to show it folds down rather than slides in like the GA one.
