30 Oct
2006
30 Oct
'06
6:51 p.m.
>Surviving systems from before 1975 are very rare
animals, esp mainframes,
>since so many of them have been scrapped for precious metals. Sadly, there
>is even less software that has survived. CHM didn't start seriously
>collecting documentation nor software prior to the move to the West Coast in
>the 90's. While they have an impressive collection of hardware, and a pretty
>decent collection of US computer documentation now, the software holdings
>pre 1975 are minimal.
How many 1970s era or earlier mainframes are actually up and running
(or in working condition) somewhere? I have not really followed mainframe
collecting, although I did work on IBM 370 and 30xx mainframes in the 1980s.
Ashley