1 Mar
2005
1 Mar
'05
9:20 a.m.
Yes I know the feeling. I could not believe it when I first saw the IBM 548
Alphabetical Interpreter sitting in the corner of this guy's garage. It was
a work of art and came with manuals and stack of punch cards. I also have a
029 that needs some TLC given to it.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Vintage Computer Festival" <vcf at siconic.com>
To: "Classic Computers Mailing List" <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Sent: Monday, February 28, 2005 10:54 PM
Subject: Want IBM 400-series account machine
Can I fantasize?
I'm reading some literature on IBM accounting machines and finding them
incredibly sexy. It would be a blast to actually program one and run
calculations through it.
So I'd love to someday get my hands on a 402, 407, etc. I'm also now more
interested than ever in getting more unit record equipment. I've got a
557 interpreter and an 026 punch. It'd be nice to have a sorter (082) but
what I'd really like is some sort of accounting machine or even a
calculator (fat chance of that).
So, that being said, if anyone every comes across anything like this, I'm
buying :)
Worst case, I'll build some punch card equipment from scratch. That would
be even more fun.
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Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer
Festival
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