7 Aug
2012
7 Aug
'12
6:25 a.m.
Peter,
I had to chuckle when I read this. Damp docs?! Yeah a British museum might be prepared for
some of that. The big debate will be which method is more approved. The last thing I was
doing before heading out on holiday was heat curing sticky video tapes. I still have 1970s
umatic tapes in my kitchen showing fungus on the spools. Usually means the binder is one
of the unstable ones which absorbed moisture and need (temporary) recured before reading.
I can recommend a convection oven and infrared thermometer for that particular issue,
along with a retensioning run through a deck. Yes I don't think damp is the worst
thing in the world. Different approach for docs, of course but I think we can crack that.
Lin will send on the official TNMOC response. But to understand exactly how best we might
leverage material for display as well as archiving, please let us have some idea what
level of technical illustration and photography might be found in the documentation. And
if you can give us a ball park count of pages, tape and card count we, and CHM, et al,
might be able to make a more specific case for how we would be able to leverage the
material for public benefit.
Peter Van Peborgh <peter at vanpeborgh.eu> wrote:
Guys,
Original email attached.
Two new thoughts:
a.. I do seem to have generated some strong interest for the 7090
documentation, which is good. And some controversy as to who should
receive these bits: US or UK (perhaps Australia?). The 7090 was an
American invention but this one was used in the UK.
Perhaps each of you with a strong interest could make a case to us for
receiving this material. The decision of the deceased owner's family,
the clearing team and myself to be final.
b.. Something which might influence decisions: the materials are paper,
metal and plastic. The paper is slightly damp, the metal has corroded
in some cases and the plastic has some mould patches. None of which
make the material unusable in any way but I thought I must be clear on
this point. I should have done so in the original email, sorry.
Kind regards,
peter vp
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Peter Van Peborgh
62 St Mary's Rise
Writhlington Radstock
Somerset BA3 3PD
UK
01761 439 234
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----- Original Message -----
From: Peter Van Peborgh
To: cube1 at charter.net ; michaelv at virginiairrigation.net ;
henridhosty at hotmail.com ; IanK at vulcan.com ; cctech at classiccmp.org ;
aek at bitsavers.org ; wdonzelli at gmail.com ; lin.jones at tnmoc.org ;
scmobjectenquiries at ScienceMuseum.ac.uk
Sent: Monday, August 06, 2012 12:21 PM
Subject: To all with interest in IBM 7090
Guys,
I am sending this to all who have registered an interest in the IBM
7090 and museums. Sorry if I got some people wrong!
This computer started life at AWRE in the UK (nuclear weapons design?!)
and finished in the Medical Computing department at Manchester Uni in
1970, where it ran for 10-20 years.
It had 4 channels, 32K memory, card reader, card punch, 300 LPM barrel
printer and ?20 mag tapes. It also had an IBM 1401 for printer I/O.
I have now surveyed the stuff available. There is no hardware. It is a
lot of (probably complete) hardware documentation, cicuit diagrams, s/w
documentation (IBSYS, etc) also. Also a lot of mag tapes of mixed
content and some card trays of mixed content.
Are any of you out there interested? It is all quite heavy so transport
will be a challenge, but surmountable!
The stuff will be available in the first week of September. Any
sensible offers will be considered. It might go on eBay but I will wait
until you guys respond first.
Kind regards,
peter vp
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Peter Van Peborgh
62 St Mary's Rise
Writhlington Radstock
Somerset BA3 3PD
UK
01761 439 234
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-- Colin