On Wed, 17 Nov 1999 helicopterman_at_webtv.net wrote:
(re: slicing up a Univac File 0 system...)
> the file 0 took up 5 or 6 hundred square feet. in the early 90's i had
> to move from a commercial building to a small apartment.
> the file 0 weighed several tons:))
>
> i stored it from 72 to early 90's because i loved old computers too.
> there was no ebay or collectors accessible to me then. i had no choice
> but to get rid of it like i did.
>
> IT BROKE MY HEART TO SCRAP IT.
>
> i would gladly have given it free to any purist. frankly though who
> would have been willing to transport 11 monster cabinets weighing
> several tons from Louisville to their back porch?
So, sadly I take it you were unfamiliar with Paul Pierce's collection
(found at
http://www.piercefuller.com/collect/index.html).
-jim
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