12 Jan
2017
12 Jan
'17
3:52 p.m.
On Jan 12, 2017, at 4:19 PM, William Maddox wrote:
Rarest:
Computer Control Company (3C, later Honeywell) DDP-116 minicomputer (2 complete, 1
missing front panel)
Discrete germanium transistors, first 16-bit minicomputer, first of the Honeywell
"Series 16" line. Provenance of machines is NRAO Green Bank, controlling the
Green Bank Interferometer until 1999 or so.
Original glossy marketing brochure for Univac I.
Univac I pluggable module
Most expensive:
$15k for "low mileage" Straight-8 (Typeset-8) with dual TU55s, TC01, DM08,
DF32, and high-speed reader/punch control
--Bill
Wow, any pics of that Univac module? I recall one selling on ebay a few years ago
for a good sum. I was interested until the bidding got too hot. In retrospect, it was
probably a comparative bargain. -C