Royal McBee (was: Olivetti Programma 101

Rumor has it that Rick Bensene may have mentioned these words: [snippety] Just yesterday, my wife's uncle just dropped off a "manual" (almost more like a 40-page sales flyer) for a Royal McBee "Keydex" system. The manual number is "S-329" and details the use of a Keydex Information Retrieval System, using "specialized" translucent/transparent punched/marked sheets. They're punched at the top, and I think marked in the grid. Until yesterday, I'd never heard of the company... and now I hear it twice in 2 days! That's kismet for ya... I guess it's not prezactly on-topic, but it does have to do with vintage information storage & retrieval, so hopefully Jay doesn't slap me in the face with a frozen mackerel! I'm _guessing_ this thingy's from the early 60's... maybe late 50's guessing from the printing technology used on the 2-color single-page sales flyer in the back of this, and the fact that nowhere can I find a postal zip-code on anything.... OK, a little more looking and I find an example of one of the cards, and the card has a (R) date of 1962. This manual is in near-mint to mint condition - is this something that should be preserved? Should I send it off to Al Kossow for scanning (assuming he's interested in this documentation)? ePayed? Sacrificed in a Pagan ritual? Inquiring minds want to know! ;-) Totally offtopically, during the same "delivery" my wife's uncle dropped off issues of _World Coins_ published by Amos Press in Sydney, Ohio... from '63(ish) to '75 as well.... and I thought *I* was a packrat. ;-) Laterz, Roger "Merch" Merchberger -- Roger "Merch" Merchberger | "Bugs of a feather flock together." sysadmin, Iceberg Computers | Russell Nelson zmerch at 30below.com |