At Last - A Control Data 160-A!

Eric Smith wrote: Well, it pwered up and ran when I bought it. Tested it then of course - wouldn't spend that kind of money on a dead one now. So my main concern was damage caused by the move, especially the memory. And 160-A would sometimes need module reinsertion after a move. The power supply was one of the old Ault Magnetics types with ferro-resonant transformers and built like a boat anchor. I've never heard or seen of one going bad. If it ever did, you'd need a very muscular friend to help you move it. So I felt pretty confortable turning on AC without a pre-test. The typewriter chassis is a different story. The power supply was cut out with a pair of dykes! I'm going to be putting in some hours of wire splicing, tracing, testing before I put the PC boards back in. Thanks for the name - I will visit them and get an estimate. The typewriter mechanism and encoder, I feel comfortable with. Fixed enough of them over the years. It's the cosmetics that suck. And some of the rubber grommets are powder. My biggest worry - the rubber belts and power roller look to be in great shape. Even the platen doesn't seem to be hard or cracked. It's the chassis panels that I will need help with. I can get the rust off and primer it. But to keep the original texture, I'm going to have to match the color and paint type. These were originally given multiple coats and baked. How far do you go on restorations? Match original paint or just the color? Use current spray paint or the old enamels? What have others on the list done for paint restoation? What do the museums do? Billy PS: Anybody one the list have a couple rolls of 1" paper tape they'd like to sell? I'm down to 2 half rolls, barely enough for adjusting the two punches.