19 Dec
2005
19 Dec
'05
5:45 a.m.
Subject: Re: Oldest machine (was: Re: Good haul of old pc stuph)
From: Jules Richardson <julesrichardsonuk at yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2005 12:57:11 +0000
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts <cctalk at
classiccmp.org>
Allison wrote:
That's what we like to hear! :)
Whirlwind, SAGE, IBM, Univac, SperryRand Frieden are names that come to mind.
Subject:
Oldest machine (was: Re: Good haul of old pc stuph)
From: Jules Richardson <julesrichardsonuk at yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2005 11:26:08 +0000
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts <cctalk at
classiccmp.org>
PDP-8F manufacture date 1973. Running! However will the owner of that nice looking PB250
step up.. he's back around 1961.
Ahh, that's earlier than our Marconi TAC then (1963 IIRC, although designed in
the late 50's).
Not sure what we have that's earlier and qualifies. The Elliott 803 is late
1950's (1958 I think) but has a core fault so doesn't count as working until
someone finds the time to fix it! It's probably the earliest complete machine
that we have though; prior to that we just have small bits of some of the
earlier famous* machines. from the time orf Eniac to 1960 there were a great
number of companies and
machines some quite unique other more functional. The IBM
500 and 700 series
are examples of the latter.
Allison