Altair, pfeh! I own a Univac.

From: Bill Yakowenko <yakowenk_at_cs.unc.edu>
Date: Tue May 4 16:16:56 1999

Well, okay, parts of one. Big parts.

For now it is in storage. Guess I have to get a basement next.

I'm not even sure exactly what I've got. It is from a Univac 9200.
Looks like a line printer and control console in one very big box,
about the size of desk, but maybe twice as tall. Switches & lights,
and discrete transistors. It was the box that had the "Univac 9200"
label on it, so maybe (hopefully) it is the CPU. When I move it
from its current temporary home to a more permanent one, I'll get
pix & details.

There is another box that I didn't get, but may still end up with
after its winner picks a few bits out of it. Seems _he_ actually
has customers still running these things, and needs a few specific
parts. So even if I get it, it won't be complete. But I can't
complain, with those parts going to keep another Univac running.

Also got a card punch, which I got home by partially disassembling
it, to make it fit in my car. When I opened it up, I found a three
ring binder labelled "Univac Servicing Documents" - schematics,
mech drawings, all sorts of good stuff!

So, anybody know anything about 9200's? A web search didn't turn
up much. Introduced in June 1967, 8K of memory, that's about it.

        Bill.

(Man, this is awesome!)
Received on Tue May 04 1999 - 16:16:56 BST