30 Aug
2014
30 Aug
'14
1:21 a.m.
well, the room where the camera was hanging off the ceiling was the
original cellar of the flats on the university campus. but when they run
out of space there then they just had to open the hatch..
Computers came in in small batches over the last 30 years or so.
And yes, the 80x80cm portal was the only entrance. we had do cut the
legs of some 19" HP9000 cabinets to get them out. we had no idea how
they cam in originally. :-(
On 30-08-14 05:33, drlegendre . wrote:
Ok so this is totally amazing, of course.. but I have
to ask..
How was it that all of these items were stored in what looks like a dirt
basement crawlspace under a block of residential flats?
Was the _only_ access through that 20 x 20 (?) portal in the wall?
Why is there a dirt basement under a residential block?
Either way, it's still just a big WOW - and a HUGE THANK YOU to yourself
and the entire crew for preserving such a massive cache of vintage
hardware. History owes you a great deal of thanks for your efforts..
On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 2:03 PM, Jerry Kemp <other at oryx.cc> wrote:
--
Met vriendelijke Groet,
Simon Claessen
drukknop.nl
I am envious.
I started out on IBM S/34 & S/36 systems. A long time ago.
I would love to relive the experience, but I think that even if a S/36
showed up on my front door that I could provide the power it needed. The
PC cased baby/36 systems aside.
Congratulations on your new items,
Jerry
On 08/29/14 09:55 AM, Simon Claessen wrote:
> and the collection included pdp11's, Control Data diskpack drives,
> microvaxes,
> SGI's, IBM RT machines, an IBM system/36 and a lot more heavy stuff.
>
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