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  W A N G   V S - 5 E  
 
  THE WANG VS-5E IS A SMALL SERVER SYTEM FOR UP TO EIGHT TERMINALS, PRINTERS OR OTHER DEVICES.
IT'S ONE OF THE SMALLEST WANG VS SYSTEMS.
IT CAME WITH TWO WANG 4230A TERMINALS, A TAPE DRIVE AND TWO PRINTERS.
 
 
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 | BRAND/ MODEL:              | WANG VS-5ES                                                                           |
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 | CATEGORY                   | SMALL SERVER                                                                          |
 | CONSTRUCTION DESIGN        | TOWER STYLE COMPUTER                                                                  |
 | PRODUCTION PERIOD          | 1986 - ?                                                                              |
 | WORD SIZE/ BUS WIDTH       | 32 BIT, 16 BIT                                                                        |
 | PROCESSOR(S)               | WANG CP 5, 80186                                                                      |
 | MEMORY RAM                 | 1 - 2 MB                                                                              |
 | MEMORY ROM                 | UNKNOWN                                                                               |
 | INTERNAL STORAGE           | 71MB AND 145MB SCSI HARDDISK DRIVES, 5.25" FLOPPY DISK DRIVE                          |
 | INPUT(S)                   | TWO WANG 4230A TERMINALS                                                              |
 | OUTPUT(S)                  | TWO WANG 4230A TERMINALS                                                              |
 | ADDITIONAL PERIPHERALS     | A TAPE DRIVE AND TWO PRINTERS                                                         |
 | INTERFACES                 | UNKNOWN                                                                               |
 | OPERATING SYSTEM           | WANG VS OS                                                                            |
 | MISCELLANEOUS              |                                                                                       |
 | REMARKS                    |                                                                                       |
  - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 
 | ORIGINALLY PURCHASED:      | UNKNOWN                                                                               |
 | SERIAL NUMBER              | UNKNOWN                                                                               |
 | MADE / ASSEMBLED IN        | UNKNOWN                                                                               |
 | CURRENT CONDITION          | WORKING                                                                               |
 | CURRENT OS                 | VS OPERATING SYSTEM V7.14                                                             |
 | FURTHER SOFTWARE           | NONE                                                                                  |
 | REMARKS                    |                                                                                       |
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 | PICTURES/ DOCUMENTS        | OVERALL VIEW WITH TAPE DRIVE                                                          |
 |                            | BOTH WANG 4230A TERMINALS                                                             |
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  D O C U M E N T A T I O N ,   R E S T O R A T I O N    A N D   R E A N I M A T I O N  
  B L O G   O F   M Y   W A N G   V S - 5 E  
 
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 | 1999       | BOUGHT FROM A GUY IN BERLIN, WHO GOT IT FROM THAT COMPANY, WHICH HAS USED IT FOR A LONG TIME, BUT     |
 |            | WHICH THEN WENT BANKRUPT.                                                                             |
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 | 1999       | CONNECTED JUST THE TWO TERMINALS TO THE CPU. POWERED ON THE SYSTEM GOT AN WANG VS LOGIN SCREEN.       |
 |            | TRIED A FEW TEST LOGINS - NONE OF 'EM WORKED.                                                         |
 |            | I OPENED THE CPU, REMOVED THE FIRST SCSI HARDDISK AND CONNECTED IT TO A PC WITH AN VERY OL ADAPTEC    |
 |            | SCSI CONTROLLER AND A DISK MONITOR INSTALLED. THEN I SEARCHED FOR TYPICAL GERMAN NAMES AND PHRASES,   |
 |            | WHICH WERE USED IN OFFICIAL LETTERS. I FOUND ONE! I SEARCHED FOR THE NAME, WITH WHICH THE LETTER WAS  |
 |            | SIGNED, AND BANG! I FOUND THE COMPLETE USER AND PASSWORD LIST. THE PASSWORDS WERE NOT ENCODED!        |
 |            | SO I TRIED SOME OF THE LOGINS AND GOT ACCESS TO DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE SYSTEM (OFFICE, WAREHOUSE      |
 |            | MANAGEMENT...)                                                                                        |
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