On Fri, 3 Nov 2000, Enrico Badella wrote:
> > I think so but can't remember. I bought this at a surplus auction in San
> > Jose so I only got to it well after it had been decommissioned. It
> > apparently came out of GE Nuclear in San Jose or thereabouts.
>
> WOW! Does it glow green in the dark :-)
The craziest thing is the IBM 557 Alphabetic Interpreter I pulled from the
same auction (late-60s era punch card machine) that also came out of the
same plant. There are notes inside it that previous engineers left that
lead me to believe it was being used at least until the late-80s (1989 I
believe).
http://www.siconic.com/computers/ibm557.jpg
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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