GE Mainframes (235)

From: John Lawson <jpl15_at_netcom.com>
Date: Fri Jan 29 01:01:18 1999

  The Very First Computer I ever saw, in 1965, was the brand-new GE
235 that my father's company had installed. Because he was a VP, I
got to actually *go in the room* with all that machinery, though I
was but 12. Of course I died right then and went straight to Heaven.

  My question to the List is: are there any of these GE machines
from that era still extant? (let alone still working...)

  My absolute/ultimate Vintage Computer fantasy would be to have
that old 235 up and running... just so I could *smell* it once
more. I have never forgotten the warm smell of all that
electronics, and the Ampex tape machines, and the printer clattering
away....


    Sigh.


  I have pictures of the 235 and 635.... but it's not the same...


  Cheerz

John
Received on Fri Jan 29 1999 - 01:01:18 GMT