The Data 620 Minicomputer is Back!

A little over a year ago, Godfrey the legend, reached out and donated this epic Data 620 minicomputer. It took a while to get my ducks in enough of a row to get to it, but that time has come! In this episode, we fix some alignment issues with the rails and then dig in cleaning up the front panel and CPU power supply. But make no mistake, this is a very weird system indeed, and we’ve got a serious challenge ahead of us! You can find the brochure here: https://archive.org/details/TNM_Data_620-I_computer_-_Data_Machines_Decision__20180115_0061/mode/2up If you want to support the channel please hop over to Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/usagielectric Also, we now have some epic shirts for sale! https://my-store-11554688.creator-spring.com Come join us on Discord! Discord: https://discord.gg/p7UsfHD Intro Music adapted from: Artist: The Runaway Five Title: The Shinra Shuffle https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01847 Thanks for watching! Chapters 0:00 A long road ahead 0:36 The real intro 3:56 Look at those awful panel gaps! 7:58 Getting to work on the front panel 11:45 Sprague caps are good caps (CM) 12:10 Cleanup 15:06 How do we even put power into this thing? 17:05 A problem of wiring 21:55 Happy bunny!