Univac $$$ on E-OverPay

From: Andy Holt <andyh_at_andyh-rayleigh.freeserve.co.uk>
Date: Thu Mar 6 14:09:00 2003

> IMHO, if he was serious about selling it, he'd be auctioning it through a
> "proper" auction house (ala Christies), and be looking for $100K minimum.
> It is, after all, possibly the oldest surviving large electronic computer
> on the planet...
>
Possibly ... but doesn't the Science Museum (London) have an ICL 1900 system
squirrelled-away in its warehouse?
(But I bet it doesn't have the necessary software - and if it doesn't do
something soon the relevant expertise will also be missing)

Andy
Received on Thu Mar 06 2003 - 14:09:00 GMT