5 Oct
1998
5 Oct
'98
3:11 p.m.
I've always wanted to know which machines have
only a single instance
represented on this list.
I know we have multiple IBM 5100's here, many Altair 8800's, multiple Lisa
1's, multiple EC-1's, even multiple Apple 1's!
I have an Interdata 14 - I know of no other Interdatas at all, except for
a Model 4 at RCS/RI. Lots made - few saved.
I also have a few other machines that are really not rare, but probably
are unique to the list - Data General Nova 4 and Eclipse S/230, SGI IRIS
2500T, CDC Cyber 910 (AKA SGI IRIS 3130). In the definitely odd
department is a very interesting VAX-11/730 with a CDC tag.
And how about a "Holy Grail" list of Big Iron? Mine would be (in no
order):
1. IBM 700 series
2. IBM 650
3. IBM 7000 series
4. IBM S/360 or S/370 series
5. Burroughs B5500
6. Cray-1
7. Thinking Machines CM-1
8. Univac 1
7. Bendix G-15
8. CDC 6000 series
9. DEC PDP-1
10. DEC KA10 or KI10
Sure, some of these were made in the thousands (S/360 Model 40, for
example), but due to the nature of big iron - few remain. If the list were
made up of machines made in single digits, it would be full of supers.
William Donzelli
william(a)ans.net