Cyber205 was RE: Ebay horror ...

From: Douglas Quebbeman <dhquebbeman_at_theestopinalgroup.com>
Date: Mon Jun 11 19:19:33 2001

> >> >Do you *really* know people who keep mainframes rusting
> >> >in the yard? CDC Cybers, by any chance?

> >On June 11, Tom Uban wrote:
> >> Not too long ago (and perhaps still) the CDC Cyber 205 was complete and
> >> sitting in one of the Purdue University salvage buildings. This is a
*BIG*
> >> machine and would require some serious space, power, etc.
> >>
> >> The machine has a panel on it which there are the signatures of many
> >> people. I think they are the signatures of the installers, maintainers,
> >> etc.

> At 04:23 PM 6/11/01 -0400, Dave McGuire wrote:
> >
> > Uhhhh...ahhh....a Cyber205? 8-) That's a VERY historically important
> >machine in my opinion.
> >
> > I'd been deleting these messages as yet-another-ebay-related-flame
> >but this message caught my attention. If there's a complete Cyber 205
> >in existence anywhere, I'd sure like to know about it. What is the
> >status of this machine? Is it available? Anybody know?

>On June 11, Tom Uban wrote:
> Call Purdue salvage and ask. When I saw it, it wasn't in the area that
> would normally be seen, but it may be available. Call (765) 494-4600
> and ask for the number for Purdue salvage...

Ok, I'm Southern Indiana, I'll see if I can't get some initial
information about this machine. I could fit a Cyber 172 in
garage, but nothing this big, so I want to help get this
into the hands of a proper preservation organization.

If anyone has any advice, I'm all ears...

-dq
Received on Mon Jun 11 2001 - 19:19:33 BST