2 Sep
2008
2 Sep
'08
12:04 p.m.
Does the CHM have a complete 'large'-category
tube system that could
conceivably be made to run again?
Al?
When I spoke to Paul Pierce a few years ago he hoped
to get his 709 running
again, but I think he was viewing it as a retirement project.
Certainly a 709 is possible. Depending on the condition of the tubes,
or how well one has been squirreling them away, it could be expensive
as well.
I would hope some of those smaller drum machines
(Bendix, LGP-xx, etc) which
are still around in some number would run again. (Yes, there's the one in
Germany). IIRC, Tom Jennings had an LGP-<something> he was working on.
Yes, the smaller drum machines should not be to bad. 400 small tubes
in a system is not a big deal at all. Things like the condition of the
drum, however, can be a big deal.
I think there is a working IBM 650 in Germany as well.
--
Will