Pleas ID this IBM system....

Ed C. edcross at gmail.com
Mon May 13 09:16:46 CDT 2019


Anybody knows what happened with the German IBM 360? Was it ever picked up?
Will photos or details about the lot ever surface? Regards.

On Tue, Apr 16, 2019 at 10:47 PM Lawrence Wilkinson via cctalk <
cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:

> On 16/04/2019 22:22, William Donzelli via cctalk wrote:
> > Clearly the pile was not purchased for scrap, so it will be
> > interesting to see where it ends up. We may never know, with the
> > secretive nature of big iron collectors..
>
> I know one of the group that bought it, but I am not sure if they are on
> the list.
>
> I believe the intention is to attempt to restore the /20 + peripherals.
> Not sure about plans for the 370. It is a huge task, but they are keen.
>
> So rest assured it won't be scrapped, and it won't disappear into a
> collection.
>
> Please don't ask me who it is. They are welcome to announce themselves
> if they wish.
>
> And it's not classic, but here's an IBM z/Series converted into a beer
> fridge:
> https://www.flickr.com/gp/ljw/NrV130
> https://www.flickr.com/gp/ljw/35y797
>
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