13 Oct
1999
13 Oct
'99
5:20 a.m.
Many schools used the IBM 1130 here in Ontario, Canada. I scrapped my IBM
1130 a few years ago as it was taking up too much room. :-(.
Most schools shared one unit.
The standard config in schools was:
IBM 1130
IBM card sorter (really old)
IBM manual card punch
2 automatic card punches (I think 8010s)
1 high speed L shaped card reader
1 band printer
about 40 disk packs
all original schematics and documentation
When I got mine in 1986 it still used light bulbs for the front panel.
Call the Public School Boards in Ontario and inquire about them. They may
still have docs kicking around and possibly there is one in storage
somewhere.
-----Original Message-----
From: Chuck McManis <cmcmanis(a)mcmanis.com>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
Date: Wednesday, October 13, 1999 12:28 PM
Subject: Re: Where and Where to get an IBM 1130
have.
At , Randy M.Kaplan wrote:
>1. I have noticed in reading the list that individuals will come upon
>various machines in various places that are being retired. I also recently
>purchased a Sun IPC from ebay. When I went to pick it up, the fellow had a
>yard full of stuff he had apparently scarfed up from various companies.
How
does one find
out about these sources? Who do you contact?
Well a couple of things, if you start collecting old computers many sources
will find _you_. Unfortunately many of those sources will want you to take
75 80386SX computers off their hands not IBM 1130s.
Look up scrap metal recycling in your yellow pages. These guys are sort of
the "sharks" of computer collecting, they devour things indiscriminately
but you can be a "trigger fish" and teach them the value of some machines.
A good relationship with a top tier scrapper is a really good thing to
The scrappers watch the new paper for liquidation bids. Places that are
scrapping out entire buildings and such. Older and larger computers are
sometimes found in these liquidations because the buildings are abandoned
and the "big iron" in the machine room is just left there. (I "found"
1/2
of a 370 that way once in a building that was for lease.)
>2. I was wondering if anyone had any notion of where I might look for an
IBM
1130 or is this
a totally ridiculous pursuit. When I started out, this was
the first machine I wrote Fortran programs for.
The 1130 is not an easy machine to find. You will have several sources
(ranked from most likely to least likely):
1) Another collector who can't afford the space any more
and wants to keep the machine in the hands of a caretaker.
2) Some place that had to keep software for it running and
kept one around as a "gold standard."
3) A scrapper who hasn't had the heart to crush it yet.
4) IBM (who might have one in a warehouse somewhere for
some reason)
Its certainly a worthwhile pursuit.
--Chuck