[cctalk] Re: Two IBM 360's available in the UK

Well...just as I am typing up an email to you... Anyway, I hope these get saved - it is quite a score. I wish I could take it, but I can not. But I could take part of it, the System/370 model 125. It would be nice to bring it back to the US, assuming it was US built. Lets keep a channel open about this. -- Will On Sat, Mar 16, 2024 at 2:05 PM Adam Bradley via cctalk <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote: > > Hi all, > > Some of you may remember that I (Adam) and another chap (Chris) rescued two > IBM 360/20 systems out of an abandoned building in Nuremberg back in 2019 > and brought them to the UK (our blog is here: https://www.ibm360.co.uk/). > > We have since basically found ourselves unable to effectively progress the > project due to personal & professional commitments. For various reasons > (explained in our latest blog post) we are testing the waters for making > the machines available to the right sort of people. > > We are therefore inviting proposals or offers focused around one of the > following core ideas: > > 1. A museum or preservation organisation takes the machines on permanent > loan or possibly as a donation depending upon exactly what the terms look > like > 2. A private entity takes the machines on loan for display for a fix > period > 3. A foreign museum takes the machines, with negotiation around coverage > of our costs > 4. A private collector purchases the machines from us for a sum to be > negotiated at the time > > If you have an alternate proposal we would also be open to hearing it. > > We have three main systems in the collection, as detailed below: > > *Red IBM 360 Model 20 System* > > 1 x IBM 360 Model 20 CPU in Red > > 1x 2203 System Printer > > 2x 2311 Disk Drives > > 1x 2152 System Console (possibly the last remaining example of this in the > world, though in poor condition) > > 1x 2560 Punched Card Reader/Punch/Sorter > > 1x 2501 Punched Card Reader > > 2x 2415 II Tape Drives (One master, one slave) (Possibly only remaining > examples of this model globally) > > 25x IBM Disc Packs > > *Blue IBM 360 Model 20 System* > > 1 x IBM 360 Model 20 CPU in Blue > > 1x 2501 Punched Card Reader > > 1x 1403 Printer > > *System 370/125* > > 1x 370/125 CPU – Unknown condition > > 1x 3504 Punched card reader (incomplete) > > *Miscellaneous* > > 1x 029 Card Punch > > 1x 5471 System Console > > Assorted other spares and unknown/incomplete components > > Around 12 full boxes of brand new IBM punched cards > > ----------- > > In an ideal world we would like to see everything go together, but we > understand that this is an enormous amount of kit and that might not be > possible. We are not willing to split up individual systems, but we are > willing to split things by the groupings above. For instance if there was > interest in only the red system due to its complete set of peripherals, we > would be willing to negotiate on that basis. > > It is extremely rare that systems such as this become available, and these > are two of only a handful of privately held IBM 360’s in the world. > > If you have an idea or a proposal, please email me directly at this > address. Please do NOT email me to suggest I contact X museum unless you > are a representative of that museum or hold a direct relationship with them > and know they are interested. > > We are genuinely sad that we’ve been unable to work on this project and > take it where we wanted it to go. We set out with strong intentions, but > alas, as is often the case life took over and we were unable to push > forward in the way we wanted to. We hope that someone comes along who will > be able to keep the systems safe for future generations. > > Kind Regards, > > Adam Bradley