21 May
2002
21 May
'02
5:47 a.m.
From: Owen Robertson <univac2(a)earthlink.net>
one.
> Speaking of rusting hulks, Mike was here and spotted two OLD!!!! Bendix
> computers at one place that we visited. He's going to try buy them. I
don't
> know what they are but they have paper tape
readers and a programmers
panels
on them.
Were they Bendix G-15s? Those are awesome. I've only dreamed of owning Paul Pierce has one:
http://www.piercefuller.com/collect/bendix/index.html
Hi Owen,
Nope. These two are Bendix M5 systems. Eric Smith took some pictures of
them but he's on the road right now and I haven't picked them up yet so look
for pics soon one way or another.
Cool looking systems. .about 5ft tall. Extensive programming panel up top
and a real blinkenlight/toggle-switch diagnositc panel under a Remax tape
reader and card cage. I already scored several 'Paper' tapes for it
including Diagnostics, Exec 1, Exec 2, Exec 3, etc... They weren't really
paper tapes though, they're puched metal foil 8 or 9 level program tapes.
More details to follow soon.
;)
- Mike