17 Oct
2016
17 Oct
'16
3:08 p.m.
On Mon, 17 Oct 2016, Guy Sotomayor Jr wrote:
Oh and did I mention that I?ve acquired (just need to move it) an IBM
4331 mainframe including *all* of the peripherals (3340 disk drives +
lots of packs, 1403 printer, IBM tape drives, card reader/punch, 029
keypunch, manuals, terminals, etc, etc)?
TTFN - Guy
That seems incredibly cool. Can I ask how one comes by one of these and
if they paid you to take it away or vice versa?
Some quick research tells me these cost about $70,000 new in '79-'80, the
same as the average cost of a house at the time!
--Jason