Replacement tube for IBM 026 Printing Card Punch

From: Ethan Dicks <erd_6502_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Sun Jun 9 18:10:36 2002

--- John Lawson <jpl15_at_panix.com> wrote:
> Hey Ethan, this is cool!
>
> While there has been a great deal of sage advice, speculation, maybes,
> and 'try this' posts concerning the 026 - yours is the first positive
> lead.

Thanks.
 
> Would it be possible for you to go pop the back off the machine and
> give Sellam and/or the List just a quick note of what tubes are in what
> sockets, or, if they are all the same type, could you let us know that
> too??

I have pictures at:

  http://penguincentral.com/retrocomputing/026/Puncher1.jpg

and

  http://penguincentral.com/retrocomputing/026/Puncher.jpg

(they were named by a friend's teenaged son who has a better digital
camera than me).

> This would remove the nagging doubt caused by no doco and no clear
> info.

To the best of my ability to observe (I did not remove *all* the tubes),
they are all of type 25L6. I did retrieve the docs from the base and
will endeavor to copy them and get copies to Sellam. Most of the pages
are oversized, so it will be a trick.

-ethan



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