25 Mar
2010
25 Mar
'10
12:26 a.m.
From: nico at farumdata.dk
To: cctalk at classiccmp.org
Subject: Talking of old IBM systems
Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2010 09:58:53 +0100
Reading a thread on old RS/6000's, I came to think of something I heard in
the 80's or thereabouts.
It was said, that decommissioned 360's were dumped in the Atlantic, to
prevent that they fell in the hands of the OEM manufacturers.
Is there any truth in this statement?
Hi
Not sure which machines were involved but there was a junkyard
near San Luis Obispo, Ca that did in IBM lease machines. They'd
run a bulldozer over them.
I remember finding a nice fan that I used in the dorm to move
air on hot days and also one frame of core memory ( that I've
since lost ). That was in ( I think ) 1969.
Dwight
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