Not all things that come to The Computer Garage become permanent residents. Some drop in briefly for repair and/or restoration, and some that actually joined the collection move along to other collectors in trades or just because they are somewhat outside of the central interests of the Garage collection.

So as not to let them vanish into obscurity, on this page we offer images of computers and related items that have passed through the Garage, but are no longer a physical part of the formal collection.

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Graduates of The Computer Garage
Equipment that came to the Garage for repair and/or restoration and have returned to their owners.

Retirees from The Computer Garage
Equipment that has left The Computer Garage collection for new homes.

However not all storys have a happy ending... This PDP-11/50 system that was once one of the original ARPAnet nodes was passed along to another local collector in order to make room for another system with the agreement that the system would be kept intact. We found however some years later that the system was apparently broken up and various parts went in different directions. Some parts of the system made their way into Paul Pierce's collection, so it is not all bad; but at present we do not know where the CPU ended up...

If you look closely at the orange plates at the top of the racks in the first and third pictures, you can make out the 'army ants' that were the unofficial logo of the ARPAnet systems...

If anyone knows what became of the rest of this system, we would love to know... (and offer it a home again if it needs one)

However, very few things can escape the collective consciousness of the 'Web', and the unit was quickly identified as one of the first 'scientific' calculators ever marketed by Wang Labratories. This unit was based on logarithms rather than repetitive functions for computations which made it extremely unique for its time, as well as capable of evaluating very complex formulas (once you figured out the keyboard) very quickly and with great accuracy

While the unit appeared partially functional, I agonized for some time over just what to do with it. While it was a very neat critter, I really do not have much of a background in early calculator logic, and do have many other machines that need attention... So, in the end it was decided that the LOCI-2 would probably have a better home with someone who had a particular interest in calculators, and some familiarity with the designs of Dr. Wang.

I found both in Rick Bensene's Old Calculators Home. Rick has other Wang units in his collection, and has restored many of them to functionality. The LOCI-2 now resides there.

This unit has also taken up residence at Rick Bensene's Old Calculators Home.

Last updated: 07-July-1999