Wished I lived closer. :-)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian Knittel" <brian_at_quarterbyte.com>
To: <cctalk_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 2:51 AM
Subject: IBM Unit Record equipment on eBay
> Hey folks,
>
> 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.
>
> Also, I got my Documation reader working tonight -- it was misreading
> because of worn feed rollers. I learned a lot about the these
> machines trying to diagnose and fix that. The USB interface is
> finished and working now (if anyone wants the schematic and code,
> write to me), and I was able to read in the system load deck for
> APL\1130. So -- sometime in the next few weeks the IBM 1130 emulator
> will have APL and a bunch of other old code I have here on cards.
>
> Brian
>
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Received on Thu Jun 12 2003 - 14:38:00 BST