26 Dec
2013
26 Dec
'13
2:50 a.m.
On Wed, 25 Dec 2013, Colin Eby wrote:
On 24 Dec 2013, at 10:56, Ellis Holman
<buddy.holman at gmail.com> wrote:
> Folks,
> I am teaching a course on the history of computing. I am looking for
> cardboard or paper models of the IBM 360 computing system to help my
> students visualize what a computer center of the 1970s would look
> like. Does anyone know of a source for these models?
You may also want to consider using a 3d model. There
is an IBM 370
available for Sketch-Up, which you can load and navigate on screen.
If you can scale the images before you print them, rescale them for 1:18
scale. Then you can use GI Joe figures to staff the computer room.
--
David Griffith
dgriffi at cs.csubak.edu