29 Sep
1998
29 Sep
'98
3:49 a.m.
At 10:36 AM 9/28/98 -0400, you wrote:
Joe and I had passed a private msg or two regarding the
IBM 1130, hence his
checking with an IBM friend as to 1130 locations. This latest msg Joe
posted through the list which is a good thing he did.
It brings up a point I probably have spoken about previously here. It is to
try to find and preserve history of any obsolete, and in this case possibly
extinct, computers or related objects. The fellow Joe contacted is probably
not an "old timer" IBM salesman and probably would not know about machines
that could have even predated his graduation from high school! Joe could
maybe confirm this.
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Chris,
You brought up some excellent points. The guy I contacted at IBM isn't
exactly a newbe but he's in sales so I thought he MIGHT have come across an
1130 while trying to sell someone a new computer. We all know how a lot of
old systems get shoved into store rooms. When looking for something like
this I've found it pays to ask EVERYONE that might have the slightest
connection. Even janitors may know where some of these things are stashed.
Joe