(Apologies if this comes through twice; I've been
having e-mail troubles for several days, and
re-trying...)
I've just got word of a Univac 9200 available in
Minneapolis. It is in a building that is due to
be torn down in about a week, so if you are in a
position to do anything about it, do it soon!
If its owner doesn't get any offers, it may well
go to e-bay. At the present, he seems willing to
just give it to anyone who wants to keep the whole
thing and can cart it away!
If nobody can arrange a rescue of the whole machine,
then I've got dibs on parts, because I've got a
mostly-complete 9200 that could use them. Still,
if you have an actual need for any particular part,
let me know, and if it is something that my machine
doesn't need I would be willing to share. Note that,
like my machine, his is also missing the
power-supply-and-memory cabinet.
For those who don't already know, the Univac 9200
was a late-60's minicomputer based on small-scale
pre-TTL (maybe SUHL?) technology. It came with 8K
of thin-film RAM (some variation of magnetic core
memory), and a built-in line-printer. Physically,
it was about the size of an office desk, but maybe
twice as tall. I've got a web page with a little
info about mine, here:
http://www.cs.unc.edu/~yakowenk/classiccmp/univac/
If interested, contact me (now or sooner!). It'll
most likely be first-come, first-served.
Cheers,
Bill.
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Received on Fri May 16 2003 - 11:07:06 BST