Seems like someday you just can't buy a break... Good or bad, and
sometimes they come in lots!
The past two weekends have been both good and bad around the Computer
Garage...
The good: some major new additions to the collection
The bad: my faithful Chevy Surburban that has provided transport for so
much gear over the years has suffered a rather major mechanical failure...
(sigh)
Preferring to think to the good side tho...
I've added a fairly complete Tektronix 4054 graphics computer system to the
collection. Along with it came a hard copy unit, external tape drive, a
rather large flat bed plotter, and a full set of docs and tapes!
Now I've just got go get a large enough flat spot cleared out to light this
critter up! (it supposedly all works!) And man, that is one LARGE (19
inch) storage tube!)
Then just today I picked up a rather complete set of IBM F.E. manuals and
docs for the early Unit Record / EAM machines! The docs are in fine shape
for their age (received them from a 31 year IBM vet.) and appear to cover
all of the early key punches, sorters, collators, tabulating machines,
etc... Most cool!
And to go with it, I just picked up an IBM model 82 sorter! (that was on
Friday tho...)
Also sorting thru the acqusitions from the Paxton auction last week... DEC
TU-81+ tape drive, MINC-11, and RA-81 hard drive, a pair of HP 1000F (aka
2117F) CPUs (anyone got docs on these critters?), a Tektronix 4006-1
graphics terminal and model 230 digital unit, an HP 9000/20 (aka 9000/520)
workstation, and other minor random goodies...
I'd be having an even better time if I were not so bummed over the 'Sub...
But, all in all, not a totally horrible weekend or two, eh?
And hopefully, I'll get caught up with my photography of the collection as
I finally broke down and picked up a digital camera, which has already made
it's debut with the shots of the Paxton auction. If of course, I can stop
running around picking up new equipment and crawling under vehicles having
to fix things... B^}
(ok... so maybe if I could just stop having to crawl under vehicles!)
-jim
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Received on Sun Apr 25 1999 - 23:51:05 BST