2 Oct
1998
2 Oct
'98
2:44 a.m.
Dah. What could be more fun eh.
But seriously folks, I have too many email accounts and I consistently bore
this august group with my personal replies. Please excuse me once again. And
Dougie, you better be kidding...
IBM did similar thing at a graphics conference in the early 1980s. Over a
week they installed a 3090 on the show floor. I hear there is a time-lapse
video of the event.
OK, who's got something big enough, close enough, in working condition, and
knows how to do a professional install? We know you're out there.
On Thu, 1 Oct 1998, Unusual systems wrote:
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Kevin Stumpf * Unusual systems
+1.519.744.2900 * EST/EDT GMT - 5
Collector - Commercial Mainframes & Minicomputers from
the 50s, 60s, & 70s and control panels and consoles.
Author & Publisher - A Guide to Collecting Computers &
Computer Collectibles * ISBN 0-9684244-0-6
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Here's an idea for 3.0...get somebody close
by with a working, large mini
configuration or small mainframe and have them spend all day assemblying and
wiring and booting it and demonstrating it the next day. A good full install
should day all at least.
There goes Kevin trying to scare off collectors again! Let's demo both
the install and the de-install and simulate a tie getting caught in the
line printer, the 600 lb disk drive dropping on toes, a couple of
high-voltage mishaps, and the disk-drive-as-fly-wheel effect as the truck
drives away and then tips over when it tries to make a turn. :-)
-- Doug