17 Oct
2010
17 Oct
'10
8:34 a.m.
On 17 Oct 2010 at 15:15, Christian Corti wrote:
Then you've been told wrong.
Several examples:
- Our LGP-30 ser.no. 4, built 1958, still working with peripherals.
Just
yesterday I've had a group of visitors. It's been designed around
1954.
- The IBM 650 of the IBM Museum in Sindelfingen (working)
- The Zuse Z22 ser.no. 13 in Karlsruhe, also built around 1958
(apparently
still working, although the ZKM is not the right place for it IMHO)
All are original first generation machines, and all of them are in
southern Germany.
I seem to remember that there was also a fellow in Germany (he had a
web site) with a Univac Solid State 80 (late 50s) in operation.
It sounds as if Germany is the happy hunting ground for really old
operating iron. Does the Deutsches Museum in Munich have any ancient
operating computer gear? It seems as if they'd be a prime candidate
also.
--Chuck