3 Nov
2000
3 Nov
'00
10:13 a.m.
On Fri, 3 Nov 2000, Enrico Badella wrote:
The craziest thing is the IBM 557 Alphabetic Interpreter I pulled from the
same auction (late-60s era punch card machine) that also came out of the
same plant. There are notes inside it that previous engineers left that
lead me to believe it was being used at least until the late-80s (1989 I
believe).
http://www.siconic.com/computers/ibm557.jpg
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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I think so but
can't remember. I bought this at a surplus auction in San
Jose so I only got to it well after it had been decommissioned. It
apparently came out of GE Nuclear in San Jose or thereabouts.
WOW! Does it glow green in the dark :-) 