31 Oct
2006
31 Oct
'06
3:39 p.m.
Al Kossow wrote:
I would agree. I haev 3 or 4 pre-1975 Unibus PDP11s, a PDP8/e, a Philips
P850 and an HP9830 (along with a couple of 9100Bs, a couple of 9810s and
a 9820 if you count those as computers). I don't think any are _that_ rare...
Mainfreames are prohably another matter. I've not tried to collect those,
I certainly don't have the space for one.
-tony
Surviving systems from before 1975 are very rare
animals, esp mainframes,
since so many of them have been scrapped for precious metals. Sadly, there
is even less software that has survived.
You know, I almost think that the UK picture is a little brighter in this
respect. Certainly there still seem to be healthy enough numbers of pre-1975
"desk sized" systems about (meaning that there are enough about for anyone who