18 Jan
2023
18 Jan
'23
1:42 a.m.
Hi list ,
came across this listing:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/354525985222
I just love the engineering quality of these early electro-mechanical systems! Reminds me
of the CDC 60x series reel tape drives.
BTW, not affiliated with the seller.
In my point of view, 5000 bucks is a lot of money for these, though...
Greetings,
Pierre
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18 Jan
18 Jan
7:58 a.m.
On Wed, Jan 18, 2023, 1:42 AM P Gebhardt via cctalk <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org
wrote:
Hi list ,
came across this listing:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/354525985222
I just love the engineering quality of these early electro-mechanical
systems! Reminds me of the CDC 60x series reel tape drives.
BTW, not affiliated with the seller.
In my point of view, 5000 bucks is a lot of money for these, though...
Didn't you read the listing? The tape on the door panel reads,
"prototype". That automatically adds two zeroes to the arbitrary value
already assigned by the seller.
I agree these are beautiful machines.
Sellam
9:47 a.m.
On 1/18/23 01:42, P Gebhardt via cctalk wrote:
Hi list ,
came across this listing:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/354525985222
I just love the engineering quality of these early electro-mechanical systems! Reminds me
of the CDC 60x series reel tape drives.
BTW, not affiliated with the seller.
In my point of view, 5000 bucks is a lot of money for these, though...
Certainly interesting, but a quick inspection also shows a few bits
missing. In any case, are there any GE 600-series mainframes left
around that can actually interface to these in the remote possibility
that these can be made operational?
Museum exhibits or movie props.
--Chuck
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