26 Aug
2011
26 Aug
'11
6:16 p.m.
On 2011 Aug 26, at 5:35 PM, Dave McGuire wrote:
Of course something like a 7090 isn't likely to become runnable
again in the first place.
Are you speculating or do you know of some particular age-related flaw
in said machines?
Having worked on numerous items from that period (and successfully
getting them working), albeit not of that scale, my initial response
would be why not? Granted it is possible one could run into some fatal
flaw but I would consider that the lesser likelihood. Depends on the
condition of course, as it does for anything. IBM was pretty good for
component quality. The CHM PDP-1 of the same era runs, etc.
I'd love to have the opportunity to work on refurbishing something like
a 7090.