On Thu, 12 Jun 2003, Brian Knittel wrote:
> There is some interesting (and heavy) IBM unit record equipment up
> for auction on ebay. View
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=1247&item=27353
> 14909
> and click on "View Seller's Other Auctions" for the whole list:
>
> IBM 077 collator
> IBM 083 sorters (two)
> IBM 088 collator plugboards and manual only
> IBM 548 alphabetic interpreter
> IBM 129 keypunch
> Documation RM600LCC card reader
>
> The minimum bids are reasonable for all but the Documation reader.
> It's interesting and relatively rare stuff -- shouldn't be let to go
> to scrap.
I don't know why they decided to start the 548 at $300. Otherwise, it's
some pretty nice stuff, but the shipping alone will be $1,000 on
everything. I hope it goes somewhere besides the scrapyard.
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Received on Thu Jun 12 2003 - 07:33:00 BST