> > > I dismantled a Ferranti board circa 1962/3 to recover the transistors...
>> > wish I'd kept the board now ;-(
>>
>> Likewise, I dismantled a Leo board in about 1975 to recover several
>> GET111 germanium transistors. I still have the board and the
>> transistors.
>
>Somewhere (safe) I have a board from a Ferranti computer. I've not traced
>out the circuitry, but it's pretty simple (a few gates or maybe a
>flip-flop). I should try to find it.
It's not as old but I've got a small Univac board from the
early 70's. It's installed in some sort of testing rig with a 24pin
ribbon cable going to a 40pin dual-row header connector.
Jeff
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Received on Fri Apr 05 2002 - 18:52:41 BST