16 May
2003
16 May
'03
7:33 a.m.
I've just got word of a Univac 9200 available in
Minneapolis. It is in a building that is due to
be torn down in about a week, so if you are in a
position to do anything about it, do it soon!
Ah well...to far away. I would have like to scope it out and see if there
is anything I can use.
If nobody can arrange a rescue of the whole machine,
then I've got dibs on parts, because I've got a
mostly-complete 9200 that could use them. Still,
if you have an actual need for any particular part,
let me know, and if it is something that my machine
doesn't need I would be willing to share.
Please save what you can.
For those who don't already know, the Univac 9200
was a late-60's minicomputer based on small-scale
pre-TTL (maybe SUHL?) technology. It came with 8K
of thin-film RAM (some variation of magnetic core
memory), and a built-in line-printer. Physically,
it was about the size of an office desk, but maybe
twice as tall.
This is just the processor and printer basically. As you mentioned
before, the memory box is a small but heavy unit that sits next to it. On
the bigger 9300, the disk and/or tape controls are in there own huge box.
I think the 9300 also has a bigger card punch and reader control box as
well.
I've got a web page with a little
info about mine, here:
http://www.cs.unc.edu/~yakowenk/classiccmp/univac/
I forgot you had this - I last looked a long time ago. I have a rather
large 9300 system with the memory, 2 disks and control, and the larger card
handling equipment, plus a lot of software on punch cards - but NO manuals.
Contact me at some point, and maybe we can both get our Unis working.
William Donzelli
aw288(a)osfn.org